Vistra, the Asia-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Jonathan Ferrara as managing director for the Channel Islands. He will have full responsibility for the leadership and strategic development of Vistra’s C.I. offices, which provide real estate and private equity services as well as wealth management solutions. Ferrara has held senior roles at Bank…
Month: June 2023
IQ-EQ partners with Novata for ESG solution
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has formed an alliance with Novata, a technology platform providing private markets participants with an ESG data solution. The alliance aims to help portfolio companies report the highest quality data to investors and ultimately drive positive sustainable change. Through this platform, asset managers, investors and portfolio companies can identify the ESG…
BNY Mellon appoints head of international ops
BNY Mellon has expanded the brief of Francis Braeckevelt as head of international operations, adding LatAm to his existing responsibility for EMEA and APAC. He reports to Richard Gordon, the recently appointed global head of operations. Braeckevelt, who is based in Singapore, will be replaced as Singapore chief executive by Winnie Chen, who takes on…
Hazeltree appoints CTO
Hazeltree, the U.S.-based provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Richard Winter as chief technology officer. He joins from Finastra (formerly MISYS), where he was head of technology global services. Prior to Finastra, he spent more than 14 years at Capgemini Financial Services UK. Winter will report…
SG makes high-level changes
Société Générale has announced major changes at the senior management level. David Abitbol, who has led SGSS since 2019, is appointed head of global transaction & payment services, effective July 1, 2023, replacing Alexandre Maymat, who becomes head of group inspection & audit. Arnaud Jacquemin is appointed head of securities services, replacing David Abitbol. His…
Citi bolsters DD&I senior management team
Karolina Belwal has joined Citi’s securities services business as the new global head of strategy and product development for data, digital and innovation. She will be responsible for driving the broader data, digital and innovation strategic portfolio and executing on the target-state vision. She joins from health-tech startup, Phoebe, where she was chief product officer.…
BNY Mellon to establish digital R&D hub
BNY Mellon is to establish a digital R&D hub in Dublin that will drive innovation in the areas of AI, ML, and data analytics. The development includes an initial EUR8m (USD8.5m) investment, with support from IDA Ireland. The investment will also lead to a more than doubling of the digital team in Dublin and the…
IQ-EQ hires MD for Switzerland
Patrik Marti has joined IQ-EQ as the managing director for Switzerland. He spent 20 years at Credit Suisse before leaving at the end of 2022. He will report to Diana Senanayake, regional CEO for continental Europe.