VanEck has launched the first bitcoin ETF to be listed on the ASX in Australia. Gemini Trust Company has been appointed as bitcoin custodian, with Link Market Services Limited as registrar. State Street Australia Limited will act as administrator of the fund and custodian of the fund’s cash assets. This follows the recent launch of…
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Monks defects from JPM to BNY
Shane Monks has joined BNY as global head of ETF and UIT operations, based in Boston. Monks joins from J.P. Morgan, after spending 15 years at State Street. This is the second major loss for J.P. Morgan from its ETF business, with Josh Jacobs recently moving to U.S. Bank. Vivian Tung, who was BNY’s global…
Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF
Monochrome, an Australia-based ETF manager, has launched the country’s first directly held Bitcoin ETF. Vasco Trustees Limited is the Responsible Entity (trustee) of the fund and has engaged State Street as cash custodian and administrator for the ETF. Vasco has also appointed Gemini Trust Company, LLC as the fund’s Bitcoin custodian.
State Street wins Super mandate
State Street has been appointed as custodian and administrator for the >AUD30bn (USD20bn) in funds invested for members of Brighter Super, an Australian super. State Street will provide services to Brighter Super’s >130 portfolios across multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income, private assets and derivatives. Under the new mandate, State Street will provide Brighter…
Awqaf partners with Apex
Apex Group has been appointed by Awqaf Investment, the investment arm of the General Authority for Awqaf in Saudi Arabia, as its new strategic partner. Awqaf provides investment services to the non-profit sector. Apex Group will be providing fund accounting, transfer agency, and middle & back office outsourcing. In 2023 State Street completed implementation of…
FundGuard links to ICE
FundGuard, the multi-asset and multi-book investment accounting utility which is backed by Citi and State Street, has formed a collaboration with ICE’s data services business, which is part of Intercontinental Exchange, the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services. The collaboration will provide asset managers, asset owners and…
State Street appoints head of sec finance
State Street has appointed Taryn Siglain as head of financing solutions. Siglain will lead State Street’s agency lending, prime services, and secured (repo) financing businesses. She succeeds Gino Timperio who will retire from State Street at the end of June, and will report to Tony Bisegna, head of Global Markets. Siglain joined State Street from…
J.P. Morgan hires ETF SME
J.P. Morgan has hired Ciarán Fitzpatrick as global head of ETF product management, based in Dublin. He was previously at State Street.
U.S. Bank promotes Kedia
U.S. Bancorp, parent company of U.S. Bank, has appointed Gunjan Kedia as its new president, reporting to Andy Cecere, who will retain the titles of chairman and CEO. Based in Minneapolis, Kedia, 53, will oversee the company’s core business lines: consumer and business banking; payment services; corporate & commercial banking; and wealth, corporate, commercial and…
CRD poaches APAC head from FactSet
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has appointed Vinayak Bhat as head of Asia Pacific, where he will be responsible for all business oversight within the region and collaboration with State Street Alpha, the front-to-back asset servicing platform. He joins Charles River from FactSet Research Systems where he was head of the Asia Pacific…