State Street has launched Direct Access Lending, a securities finance product that enables direct, principal loans between its lending and borrowing clients. The new managed peer-to-peer product will leverage both its agency lending and enhanced custody product. The product offers a seamless peer-to-peer model, supported by the operational efficiency and expertise of a managed securities…
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BNY Mellon forms strategic alliance with Bloomberg
Following its alliance deal with BlackRock Solutions earlier this year, BNY Mellon has formed a strategic alliance with Bloomberg that further integrates BNY Mellon’s data, analytics, and servicing capabilities with AIM, Bloomberg’s portfolio management, trading and compliance platform. The new connectivity streamlines data delivery between the two firms and enables clients to access BNY Mellon’s…
CTIM selects Northern Trust’s Integrated Trade Solutions service
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions service and MiFID II transaction reporting to Charles Taylor Investment Management (CTIM), the fund management business of Charles Taylor plc, a professional services and technology solutions provider to the global insurance market. CTIM has USD2bn AuM. The mandate expands CTIM’s existing relationship with Northern…
Northern Trust boosts TM business with two hires In Australia
Northern Trust has made two appointments in its capital markets business. Mat Cook has been appointed to lead Northern Trust’s transition management offering across Asia-Pacific, based in its Sydney office. Cook joins from State Street, where he worked for the past nine years as a transition manager. Rob Dixon joins the transition management team in…
Northern Trust appoints Grace Hayman for senior ANZ SL role
Northern Trust has appointed Grace Hayman as senior relationship manager for its securities lending business in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Hayman will also be responsible for leading securities lending business development activities across the region. Hayman was most recently based in Northern Trust’s Singapore office where she managed the Southeast Asian securities…
BNY Mellon launches 24×5 ETF dealing for Irish funds
BNY Mellon has introduced extended dealing hours for Irish-domiciled UCITS ETFs to support the distribution of these products globally. Known as 24×5 ETF Dealing, hours are extended to ETF issuers through BNY Mellon’s transfer agency hubs in Singapore and Syracuse, New York. This means issuers can now deal Irish UCITS ETFs from Monday morning in…
Northern Trust launches securities loan pricing engine
Northern Trust has developed a securities lending pricing engine that uses machine learning and advanced statistical techniques to support revenue growth for clients by more effectively forecasting loan rates.
Northern Trust launches agency options trading desk
25JUL19: Northern Trust has established a dedicated options trading desk within its institutional brokerage business. The Chicago-based options desk provides institutional clients globally with options trading and streamlined reporting for prime brokerage. Options trading at Northern Trust is offered through an agency model with no principal trading operation. Northern Trust executes more than USD350bn notional…
Hermes appoints Northern Trust for FX management in Ireland
23JUL19: Northern Trust has been appointed by Hermes Investment Management to provide currency management services for its Irish fund range. Ian Kennedy, COO, Hermes Investment Management, said: “Northern Trust have been able to automate our sophisticated currency management investment process and deliver comprehensive reporting and analytics for us. This has increased operational efficiency and enhanced…
Northern Trust hires Marisa Kurk as COO of Global FX business
17JUL19: Northern Trust has appointed Marisa Kurk as chief operating officer of the global foreign exchange business. Based in Chicago, Kurk will report to John Turney, head of GFX. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Kurk served as COO of Belvedere Trading, LLC and COO and senior managing director of currency management at Mesirow Financial.