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CoinFund, a blockchain-focused investment firm, has hired Chris Perkins from Citi as managing partner and president. At Citi, Perkins was global co-head of the futures, clearing and foreign-exchange prime brokerage businesses. At CoinFund, he will work to narrow the divide between crypto investing and traditional equities. Jake Brukhman, CoinFund’s founder and CEO, said: “Chris Perkins…

Two senior hires for BNY Mellon’s asset servicing operations team: Paul Vigilante has joined as head of accounting and investor solutions operations from J.P. Morgan. Based in New York, he reports to Jeremy Dobrick, head of asset servicing operations and technology. Prior to this role, Vigilante held senior operations roles in securities services and asset…

ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based administrator, has appointed Damien Fitzgerald as head of funds for Guernsey. Prior to joining ZEDRA, he was head of funds at TMF Group in Guernsey, Zedra’s Guernsey fund team specialises in fund establishment and administration, company secretarial services and governance, as well as financial accounting and NAV production. In Q4 2020, ZEDRA’s…

Ultimus Fund Solutions, the U.S.-based fund services provider with >USD350bn AuA, has hired Joel Lieb as senior vice president – relationship management. Lieb was most recently an EVP at B&G Business Solutions, Inc., a management consulting firm. His experience includes more than 30 years with SEI in positions across relationship management, client solutions & advice,…

State Street has appointed new country heads for Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Andreas Niklaus has been appointed as the head of Germany, Riccardo Lamanna as the head of Luxembourg and Dagmar Kamber Borens as the head of Switzerland. They will be responsible for developing business, stewarding client engagement, developing talent, and building the company’s brand…

JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has strengthened its Guernsey senior leadership team with the appointment of Graham Sleep as director – fund services. Sleep joined JTC in 2015 following the acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s fund administration business and he is relocating to Guernsey from JTC’s Cape Town office in South Africa. He will assume responsibility for…