TMF Group, a Netherlands-based provider of financial and corporate services, has appointed Ellen Stiene as market head for North America and the Caribbean. Her career spans executive roles at leading financial institutions, including Citi, J.P. Morgan and, most recently, Wells Fargo.
Category: Citi
Citi & SDX collaborate on private assets
Citi and SDX are collaborating on a project for global issuers and investors. Citi will be tokenising, settling and safekeeping assets on SDX’s digital CSD platform and will bring late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible investors on the platform. Expected to be live by the third quarter of 2025, Citi and SDX are developing…
AccessFintech launches FI settlement solution
Synergy from AccessFintach, the fintech, has launched Settlement Netting, which aims to improve operational efficiency in the fixed income markets. Synergy by AccessFintech captures data from a wide range of asset classes, including securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments, enabling data transformations across network participants. J.P. Morgan and Citi were instrumental in the establishment of the…
Chris Cox to head Citi’s investor services business
Chris Cox has been appointed head of Citi’s investor services business, effective immediately. He reports to Shahmir Khaliq, head of services, Citi. As head of investor services, he will be responsible for Citi’s custody, fund services and execution services businesses. He was previously head of trade and working capital solutions for Citi, also part of…
Citi hires data chief from BNY
Citi’s services business, which incorporates payments, liquidity management services, trade and working capital solutions, issuer services, and investor services, has appointed Steve Taylor as head of data and client platforms for issuer services and investor services. He is based in Boston, reporting to Okan Pekin, who has oversight of Citi’s custody, fund services and execution…
Clearwater hires APAC sales head
Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has appointed George Hindmarsh as head of sales and business development for Asia-Pacific. He joins Clearwater from Citi, where he held senior roles in securities services across London, Edinburgh, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Most recently, he was responsible for Japan, Asia North…
Pekin to leave Citi
After 35 years with Citi, the last 11 as global head of securities services, Okan Pekin is leaving the bank. It is understood that he will take some time off and that he is not moving to a competitor. In the meantime, issuer services will report directly to Shahmir Khaliq, head of services, whilst a…
Osman joins Waystone
Ali Osman has joined Waystone as head of product pricing and leads global pricing strategy. Before joining Waystone he was product manager for institutional investors at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, he held a combination of product solutions, strategy and financial management roles in both the UAE and the UK for Citi’s custody and fund…
Pirum hires for U.S. expansion
Pirum, the UK-based technology provider for securities finance automation and collateral management, has hired Reid Cheyne as director of fixed income sales, Americas. Following RepoConnect’s success, he will lead on accelerating Pirum’s expansion in the U.S. and wider North America’s fixed income industry. He was most recently at Citi, where he moved from directing fixed…
Citi launches CSLA in Asia
Citi has struck an innovative deal with Maybank Securities in Singapore, enabling Maybank Securities to facilitate the lending of retail clients’ global equity holdings using Citi’s platform, Citi Securities Lending Access. Maybank Securities will leverage its position in Singapore and its large ASEAN client base to utilise the CSLA platform. Launched in 2021, CSLA combines…