Citi and Bloomberg have integrated Bloomberg’s BSKT service with Citi’s proprietary ACES ETF platform to better support Citi’s ETF clients who use BSKT to negotiate fixed income baskets. BSKT is a primary market solution for negotiation, ticketing and routing ETF creation and redemption transactions. ACES features a suite of workflow tools that fully automate the…
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BBH rolls out Infuse TA
BBH has deployed Infuse Transfer Agency to its TA clients. Infuse TA is a digital experience integrated into BBH’s Infuse client portal, providing clients with a single view, in real time, of their entire investor onboarding process and shareholder register. Launched in 2020, over 60 asset managers distributing globally now have access to Infuse TA.…
State Street to buy BBH’s investor services business for USD3.5bn
State Street and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. have entered into a definitive agreement for State Street to acquire BBH’s Investor Services business, including its custody, accounting, fund administration, global markets and technology services, for USD3.5bn in cash. Following the transaction, BBH will continue to independently own and operate its separate private banking and investment…
BBH launches Connectors program
Brown Brothers Harriman has launched BBH Connectors, a cohort of specialist third-party fintech and service providers that bring expertise in areas like ESG data, insurance accounting, class action recovery services, and AI to drive meaningful outcomes for clients. BBH Connectors can be readily integrated through BBH Infomediary, a data integration engine that provides efficient and…
Michael Madsen joins HSBC to head global PA product
HSBC has appointed Michael Madsen as global head of product for private assets for its securities services business. In this new role, Madsen will focus on development of the private assets product strategy and operating model. He will be based in Luxembourg, reporting to Tony McDonnell, global head of alternative investments, securities services, and Niccolo…
BBH completes conversion of two Guinness Atkinson mutual funds to ETFs
Brown Brothers Harriman has completed the conversion of two open-end mutual funds to ETFs on behalf of Guinness Atkinson Asset Management: Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder Fund (GAINX) and Guinness Atkinson Asia Pacific Dividend Builder Fund (GAADX). These are the first two mutual funds converted into ETFs in the U.S. BBH has a long-standing relationship with…
BBH appoints Sonobe-san as a general partner
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Noriyasu Sonobe as a general partner. Sonobe joined BBH in 2007 and is currently co-office head of BBH Tokyo, as well as head of relationship excellence for investor services in Japan. He is based in Tokyo.
Bloomberg links BSKT with Brown Brothers Harriman
Bloomberg has established a new streamlined workflow between BSKT, its primary market solution for ETFs, and Brown Brothers Harriman. It claims to be the first real-time solution that provides authorized participants with a single interface for ETF order taking and negotiating ETF baskets. BSKT is a primary market solution for negotiation, ticketing and routing ETF…
BBH sets up NY trust company to service insurance and reinsurance clients
Brown Brothers Harriman has launched a new institutional trust company incorporated in the State of New York, expanding BBH’s servicing suite for insurance and reinsurance firms and their institutional trust arrangements governed across multiple jurisdictions. The BBH Institutional Trust Company of New York will be led by Diane Wiley, SVP and head of insurance relationship…
Citi wins USD630bn white-label custody mandate for MUFJ in Lux
In a strategically important mandate for its Luxembourg business, Citi has been appointed as the global custody solutions provider for Mitsubishi UFJ Investor Services & Banking (Luxembourg) (MIBL). The deal will result in the transfer of approximately USD630bn of assets to Citi’s platform. As part of the deal, MIBL will white label Citi’s custody platform…