HSBC has been appointed as global custodian by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (SFMI), a non-life insurance company in Korea, for part of its investment portfolio in the U.S., Europe, Japan and China. HSBC completed an asset transition of a portion of SFMI’s fixed income portfolios in these markets. This comes after the bank’s onboarding…
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Apex hires Barry Hindmarch for senior real estate role
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based financial services provider, has appointed Barry Hindmarch to the newly created role of head of real estate, UK & Ireland and Channel Islands. Hindmarch was previously at BlackRock, where he was a director with responsibility for managing the finance team reporting on various open and closed-ended EMEA real estate funds.
HSBC chooses Ultumus as ETF PCF provider
HSBC has chosen ETF and index data provider Ultumus to be its portfolio composition file (PCF) solution provider. Ultumus will be responsible for performing PCF creation and distribution for HSBC’s ETF clients globally. The first clients will be switched to the Ultumus platform in Q4 with the rest being completed in early 2021.
American Fidelity migrates insurance accounting to SS&C
American Fidelity Assurance Company, an Oklahoma-based company, will migrate its insurance investment accounting to SS&C Singularity. Additionally, SS&C’s Precision LM platform will support the full loan lifecycle of American Fidelity’s commercial mortgage investments, including origination, servicing and accounting, and risk-based capital reporting.
Crestbridge hires Scott Jones for client operations role
Crestbridge, a UK-based administrator, has appointed Scott Jones as a director of its client operations team. He joins from Ashburton Investments.
Ocorian to acquire Newgate Compliance
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, is to acquire Newgate Compliance, a UK-based compliance consultancy and hosted regulatory solutions provider for funds clients. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.
Northern Trust makes management appointments for ME&A
Northern Trust has made two appointments to its Middle East & Africa asset servicing business. The new positions are based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Justin Miller has been appointed head of relationship management for the Middle East & Africa. He was previously head of client management for securities lending for EMEA. Chris Dulieu has been…
SS&C adds two senior managers to global investor & distribution unit
Mike Webb and Spencer Baum have joined SS&C’s newly created global investor & distribution solutions division. Webb has joined as director of strategic sales to lead workplace and long-term savings business development initiatives in the U.K. and Europe. He will lead U.K. and European sales to financial institutions and employee benefit consultants for SS&C’s global…
State Street reshuffles Alpha senior management team
State Street has reshuffled its leadership team for State Street Alpha, its open, front-to-back investment servicing platform for institutional and wealth management firms. State Street Alpha provides an outsourced platform across front office solutions, analytics, liquidity, data management, and outsourced middle and back office services. Spiros Giannaros has been named chief executive officer of Charles…
Citi adds client reporting functionality to Clarity
Citi has launched a new client reporting solution as the latest enhancement to its middle office services. The new reporting service is built on the Vermilion Reporting Suite, a global client reporting platform, coupled with Citi’s own Clarity data and analytics platform. The new reporting service offers asset manager clients a low-touch, automated solution for…