BNY has signed a multi-year agreement with Jupiter Fund Management, a UK-based active asset manager, to provide operational services. Jupiter has consolidated back-office services for its offshore jurisdictions with BNY as well as outsourcing its middle office operations. BNY will now provide custody, fund administration, transfer agency and depositary services, as well as middle office,…
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BNY loses senior AO manager
BNY has lost a senior manager from its already underpowered asset owners team. Anders Reinertsen, who was head of the asset owners sector for the Americas, has joined Clearwater Analytics as market principal for asset owners, based in New York.
Legrand promoted at IQ-EQ
IQ-EQ has promoted John Legrand to CEO of EMEA, based in the UK. Legrand, who was previously deputy group CEO, has been at IQ-EQ for over six years, previously spent more than 10 years at BNY.
BNY moves to tokenise deposits
BNY has taken the first step in its strategy to tokenise deposits by enabling the on chain mirrored representation of client deposit balances on its digital assets platform. Early participants include financial institutions and digital natives. Beginning with collateral and margin workflow use cases, this launch extends BNY’s cash capabilities by creating on-chain digital book…
BNY appoints new Korea chief
BNY has appointed Phillip (Bongkyun) Suh as Korea country manager and Seoul branch manager, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds Hyon Joo Park, who will retire in March after more than six years at BNY. He joins from Samsung Asset Management, where he was CEO.
Citi poaches IT chief from BNY
Matthew Yazdi has been appointed as head of investor services technology for Citi. He is based in New York. He joined from BNY Mellon.
Flanagan to leave BNY
Alan Flanagan has announced his departure from BNY. Flanagan, an Irishman based in New York, had an 18-year career with BNY, most recently as head of global client coverage for the asset servicing business. He will start a new job in mid-March, but has not yet disclosed details. The news follows the planned retirement of…
BNY appoints head of KSA
Alaa AlMashhadi has been appointed as BNY Saudi Arabia country manager and CEO of BNY’s legal entity in Saudi Arabia. He joins BNY from The Saudi Credit Bureau, where he served as chief business development officer, and board member of its analytics subsidiary, Qarar. This follows the establishment of BNY’s regional headquarters in Riyadh, KSA.…
Farlese joins Ultimus
Ultimus Fund Solutions has appointed Steve Farlese as COO of Ultimus Private Fund Solutions. He joins Ultimus with more than 30 years’ experience in alternative fund operations, investor services, and global service delivery. Prior to joining Ultimus, he spent over three decades at BNY, where he most recently served as MD supporting alternative investment solutions…
Stevenson joins BNY
Jamie Stevenson has returned to the inserv business after four years with Insight Investment. He has joined BNY in London as head of EMEA asset owners product and platform (BNY owns Insight.) He previously spent 10 years with BNP Paribas before moving to RBC Investor Services, latterly as head of digital client solutions.