BNY Mellon has hired Richard Gordon as global head of operations. Based in the UK, Gordon will report to Alejandro Perez, who recently assumed overall oversight responsibility for operations in addition to his existing role as CAO. Gordon was most recently global head of securities services operations and network management at J.P. Morgan, where he…
Month: March 2023
Redwheel adopts EDS ESG solution
Redwheel, a UK-based asset manager with c. USD19bn AuM, has adopted the data aggregation tool developed by Equity Data Science to enhance ESG integration across its investment business. Northern Trust took a stake in EDS in 2021 and jointly launched an ESG workflow solution that allows investors to access and share ESG information. The data…
Aztec adds senior trio to U.S. team
Aztec Group has appointed Ore Adegbotolu, Dan Kalish and David Naab to new leadership roles in the U.S., where it established a presence in 2021 to provide fund and corporate accounting and administration services to the private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and private debt sectors. Adegbotolu is appointed head of U.S. markets, transferring…
Apex adds to Brazilian portfolio
Apex has completed its acquisition of BRL Trust DTVM following final regulatory approval. BRL DTVM is the sister company of BRL Trust Investimentos, which was acquired by Apex in 2021. BRL DTVM provides fund administration to real estate, trade receivables and open-ended funds, as well as custody services and NAV calculation for all fund types.
RBC wins ETF mandates from Mulvihill
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been appointed as custodian and fund administrator for three Mulvihill Capital Management ETFs trading on the TSX: Mulvihill Canadian Bank Enhanced Yield ETF, Mulvihill Premium Yield Fund ETF, and Mulvihill U.S. Health Care Enhanced Yield ETF. Mulvihill, a Toronto-based wealth management firm, is a recent entrant to the ETF…
Pirum hires EMEA director of origination
Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Stuart Cornock as EMEA director of origination. He joins Terry O`Brien and Scott Brown in London in the origination team. Previously, Cornock was at S&P Global.
PenSam works with SimCorp on alts data extraction
PenSam, the Danish labour market pension fund, has adopted SimCorp’s new machine learning product, Intelligent Document Processing, delivered through the SimCorp Dimension platform. Intelligent Document Processing automates the extraction of unstructured data from private market funds. PenSam has EUR22.8bn (USD24bn) AuM, of which alternatives have reached EUR6.7bn (USD7bn). Intelligent Document Processing has been developed in…
IQ-EQ appoints new China head
IQ-EQ has appointed Clare Chang as managing director of Greater China. She was previously business development director for funds in Asia at IQ-EQ. She will report directly to Michael Marquardt, regional CEO for IQ-EQ in Asia.
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank appoints UI for new RE fund
As part of its new real estate investment management business, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) will work with Universal Investment as a fund service platform provider. Universal Investment will launch and administer the planned open-ended real estate special fund, which will focus on German office properties and mixed-use properties. Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is a specialist bank for…
Trident Trust opens in Houston
Trident Trust has opened a fund services representative office in Houston, Texas. Chelsea Harrington has relocated to Houston from Trident Trust’s 130-strong fund services hub in Atlanta to open the new office. Trident’s new presence in Texas means that it now offers fund services out of four US locations, with representative offices already in place…