Pictet Asset Management has launched its firs three U.S.-domiciled ETFs. BBH has been appointed to support these actively-managed funds.
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BBH to support new Fidelity ETFs
Fidelity International has launched the U.S. Fundamental UCITS ETF range, including the U.S. Fundamental Small-Mid Cap UCITS ETF, the first semi-transparent ETF in Ireland. BBH has been appointed to support the new funds.
U.S. Bank hires from JPM for ETFs
Keith Orlen has joined U.S. Bank’s global fund services product team as a senior product manager for ETFs, based in Boston. He was previously at J.P. Morgan and also spent 20 years at BBH.
Aztec hires head of product
Aztec Group has appointed Sam Metland as its new head of product and propositions. He joins from Citco, where he held roles including head of private equity product and, most recently, head of solutions engineering. Prior to this, he held senior product and strategy roles at J.P. Morgan and Brown Brothers Harriman.
BBH upgrades InfoAction
BBH has launched an enhanced version of InfoAction, a corporate actions SaaS workflow solution for asset managers and financial institutions. Built on BBH’s Infomediary Data Solutions platform, InfoAction automates the event notification and response process, enabling efficient tracking and management of the entire corporate actions workflow and providing a golden record of data. The latest…
CACEIS hires ETF specialist from BBH
Eamonn O’Callaghan has joined CACEIS as ETF group product manager, based in Ireland. He has 25 years’ experience within the financial services industry, most of which has been working with ETF issuers. He previously held the position of head of European ETF product with Brown Brothers Harriman and prior to this worked with BNY, HSBC…
BBH wins SRI fund mandate
BBH has been selected by New Alternatives Fund to provide custody services. The U.S.-based manager is a socially responsible mutual fund focused on renewable energy and the environment.
BBH wins Chilean mandate
Brown Brothers Harriman has been appointed to provide custody and fund order services for Compañia de Seguros Confuturo SA, a Chilean insurance company with USD2bn in assets abroad. In Latin America, BBH has supported pension funds, banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and third-party fund distributors in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru for almost 30 years.
Euroclear adopts BBH API
Euroclear has adopted the BBH account opening API. Account opening requests and confirmations can now be sent electronically between BBH and Euroclear using the API, resulting in faster account opening times and a more scalable process for the platform. This reduces the time it takes to get money flowing into funds, giving the end investor…
BBH and MUFG sign sec lending deal
Brown Brothers Harriman has entered into an arrangement with MUFG Investor Services, a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB), under Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc, for the provision of enhanced securities lending services to BBH’s asset manager and financial institutions clients globally. BBH clients will benefit from an enhanced securities lending product…