Month: January 2021

Perpetual Investment Management Limited, the Australia-based asset manager, has appointed State Street to provide custody and fund administration services. State Street will provide core custody, middle office, administration, valuation, accounting and tax reporting services to the funds managed by Perpetual. In addition, Perpetual will leverage State Street’s enterprise data platform to manage data across the…

Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) and Clearstream have processed their first live blockchain-based end-to-end fund transactions, using FundsDLT, a decentralised platform for fund transaction processing. ZKB is the first client to leverage the joint FundsDLT and Clearstream solution, with an end-investor placing a fund transaction request through a mobile app directly on the private blockchain. The order…

Janus Henderson, the UK-headquartered manager with USD358bn AuM, has appointed BNY Mellon to implement a global data management platform that will help improve the quality and ease of access to investment information across the enterprise. The cloud-based solution supports the data platform transformation strategy of Janus Henderson and will consolidate sources of information into one…

HSBC has launched a set of digital applications to help asset owners and managers monitor the NAV of their funds. The NAV Oversight suite of applications offers real-time dashboards tracking the status of NAV processing against agreed timelines for publication. To help clients review the accuracy of the NAV, the apps break down the underlying…

Broadridge Financial Solutions, a fintech provider, has appointed David Ingleson as COO for APAC. Based in Singapore, Ingleson will report to Samir Pandiri, president of Broadridge International. Prior to joining Broadridge, he held leadership roles at BNY Mellon and was most recently head of Asia Pacific for Eagle Investment Systems, a BNY Mellon subsidiary.