MUFG Investor Services has opened an operation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, providing fund accounting, administration and asset servicing. Puneet Gupta has been appointed head of Malaysia, joining from Kimberly Clark, where he was director of global business services, responsible for the APAC region.
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Maddock joins MUFG
Gilbert Maddock has joined MUFG Investor Services as an executive director, business development, based in New York. He previously spent six years at Citi and has also worked for BNY Mellon.
MUFG to boost banking solutions
MUFG Investor Services, which has USD770bn AuA, plans to expand its banking solutions to address client demand for payment and cash management services. To support this strategy, Adil Rehman has been appointed managing director, global head of payments and liquidity. Rehman was most recently international head of transaction banking at Goldman Sachs.
MUTB outsources cash management to FWIA
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking’s (MUTB) global securities lending solutions group has established a securities lending cash management partnership with Fort Washington Investment Advisors (FWIA), the investment arm of Western & Southern, a financial services company and life insurance group. FWIA will be MUTB’s preferred provider for clients that require a separately managed account for…
MUFG hires from Citi for APAC push
MUFG Investor Services, has appointed Fi Dinh as head of fund finance for the APAC region. She joins from Citi Private Bank, where she led a portfolio of private equity fund finance relationships and directed the ESG-linked financing initiative for the business globally. In her new role, Dinh will focus on expanding the fund financing…
Apex hires product transformation manager
Ken McCarney has joined Apex as product transformation manager, based in Dublin. He was previously CEO of Epoch Alpha Partners, and also spent almost 12 years at MUFG Investor Services, latterly as CEO in Ireland.
MUFG appoints head of new Cyprus office
MUFG Investor Services has appointed Yannis Matsis as managing director and head of the Cyprus office, the firm’s new operational centre located in Limassol, Cyprus. Matsis will be responsible for oversight of the firm’s local asset servicing footprint, growth within the local Cypriot market, and business expansion activities in Europe and the Middle East. Matsis…
MUFG opens hub in Cyprus
MUFG Investor Services, the asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has established an operational centre in Limassol, Cyprus. This is MUFG’s second European hub, working alongside its Dublin office. MUFG has c. USD800bn AuC/A.
MUFG forms consulting practice
MUFG Investor Services has launched a business consulting group. The group will be led by Brian Yegidis, most recently the head of prime services hedge fund consulting for the Americas at Credit Suisse. Joining him will be Caley Watnick, also from Credit Suisse, where she was an associate in prime consulting. Based in New York,…
LJ Jhangiani joins MUFG IS securities lending team
LJ Jhangiani has joined MUFG Investor Services’ global securities lending solutions team He will be working for Tom Ryan, head of asset & liability trading, as head of securities lending automated processing. He was previously at BMO Harris Bank.