IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Matthew Abbott to the newly created role of global head of sales operations. He is based in the London office, reporting to Emma Crabtree, group chief commercial officer. Abbott was previously global head of sales & client enablement for HSBC’s securities services business.
Month: February 2023
FXall signs with Saphyre
The London Stock Exchange Group’s FXall business has struck a deal with Saphyre to digitise account onboarding for FXall clients through Saphyre’s AI technology, which allows liquidity providers to systematically approve accounts. The Saphyre technology is validated and live for a subset of clients of FXall, with plans for rollout to all FXall clients in…
UBS hires from HSBC
John Worden has joined UBS as head of custody & post trade strategy, based in the UK. He was previously a senior product manager at HSBC.
Link in talks with Waystone
Link Administration Holdings Limited, the ASX-listed administrator, has released an update on the progress of the sale of its Fund Solutions business and in relation to ongoing negotiations with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. “Link Group is in exclusive negotiation with the Waystone Group in respect of the sale of the whole of its FS…
Apex appoints head of Dallas
Apex has appointed Pamela Goldminz as office head, Dallas. She joined Apex in 2022 following the acquisition of Texas-based SandsPoint Capital Advisors LLC, a provider of advisory and consultancy services to alternative asset managers.
Crestbridge hires two for Lux
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has made two appointments in its Luxembourg office. Teodora Croitoru has joined as head of compliance, fund services, while Emmanuelle Poret has taken on the role of head of client onboarding, fund services & ManCo. Croitoru joins from Intertrust, and Poret was previously at Ocorian.
SimCorp hires from Northern Trust
J.R. Bogan has joined SimCorp as head of investment operations. Bogan spent 17 years at Northern Trust, most recently as a senior product manager for its investment operations business.
FINBOURNE partners with Tumelo
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, has struck a partnership with investor voting fintech, Tumelo. Integrating Tumelo’s voting technology into FINBOURNE’s cloud-native investment management data management platform, LUSID, will help fund managers better understand and reflect investors’ voting interests. Backed by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Tumelo’s API-driven platform delivers fund managers a cost-effective way to provide…
Over, Under, Sideways, Down (RIP Jeff Beck)
2022 laid bare a lot of the industry’s shortcomings. In 2023, leaders need to fix the model. There is an inevitable, perhaps unbreakable, cycle in the investor services industry. We saw it at work in 2022, albeit with some different wrinkles. Here’s how it goes: custodians routinely underprice their core services – or, in some…
Apex partners with Briink for ESG
Apex Group has partnered with Briink, a Berlin-based AI technology company specialising in EU taxonomy and SFDR reporting solutions for fund managers, to enhance its ESG advisory services. Apex’s EU taxonomy solution provides a five-step process, enabling clients to assess and improve taxonomy alignment credentials and prevent greenwashing. Briink’s technology helps Apex’s clients to save…