Northern Trust has appointed Raphaël Remond as deputy CEO of its continental European bank, Northern Trust Global Services SE. He reports to Olivier Noël, CEO of NTGS SE and country head for Luxembourg. Remond was previously COO of LIOR Global Partners, and also spent more than 25 years at State Street.
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Hamilton joins M&G
Dorothy Hamilton has joined M&G, the UK asset manager, as director of supplier management. She was previously global head of securities services operations for HSBC, based in Edinburgh. In 2023 Richard Godfrey, formerly co-head of HSBC’s securities services business, joined M&G as COO of the asset management business. Earlier in 2024 HSBC hired Mitesh Sharma…
Northern Trust appoints Paulin to new role
Northern Trust has appointed Gary Paulin to the newly created role of head of international enterprise client solutions. Paulin will focus on strengthening relationships with key Northern Trust clients across EMEA and AsPac at the highest levels of their organisations. Paulin, who was most recently head of global strategic solutions for asset servicing, will continue…
Waystone gets FCA approval for LTAF
Waystone, the European provider of specialist services to the asset management sector, has confirmed that the FCA, a UK regulator, has approved the WS Fulcrum Diversified Private Markets (H) Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF), a sub-fund of the WS Fulcrum LTAF. Waystone is the first independent ACD to have an LTAF approved by the FCA.…
Terri Van Praagh to retire from NT
Terri Van Praagh is to retire from Northern Trust after a 41-year career in financial services. Van Praagh, who was most recently chief operating officer of Northern Trust’s global fund services business in the UK, will be replaced by Paul Smith, who is currently head of the GFS transformation office. He will report to Laurence…
Railpen taps BK for data management
Railpen, the fiduciary and investment manager of the UK railways’ pension schemes, has appointed BNY Mellon to provide a cloud-based data platform that aims to simplify its data architecture and support the resilience of its operating model. The platform will deliver greater insights from Railpen’s proprietary data for investment reporting and analytics. Railpen is responsible…
Zodia wins ETC ETP mandate
ETC Group has appointed Zodia Custody to support its latest ETP listed on Deutsche Börse XETRA, the ETC Group Ethereum Staking ETP, a total return exchange-traded product that tracks the Compass Ethereum Total Return Monthly Index. The ETP is fully backed by the underlying digital assets, and counterparty risk is negated through an independent trustee.…
NTRS selects FINBOURNE
Northern Trust has selected FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, to provide valuations and reporting capabilities for its enterprise global technology. Northern Trust will leverage FINBOURNE’s cloud-native financial data management solution, LUSID, and data virtualisation engine, Luminesce, to modernise its valuations and reporting functions and provide enhanced service delivery to clients.
NTRS appoints new Lux chief
Northern Trust has appointed Olivier Noël as country head of Luxembourg and leader of its Luxembourg-based asset servicing business. He replaces Steve David, who left to join FundBank. Noël also assumes the position of CEO of Northern Trust’s European Union (EU) bank, Northern Trust Global Services SE, following approval by its board. He will become…
SAMI consolidates with NTRS
Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland) Limited (SAMI) has appointed Northern Trust to provide fund administration, transfer agency, custody, depositary and FX services. SAMI is an investment management platform managing funds domiciled in Ireland valued at USD8.7bn. It is part of the Sanlam financial services group headquartered in South Africa. Northern Trust is now the sole provider…