Kay Hayre has joined BNY Mellon as co-head of investment managers (IM) sales. In this role, Hayre will partner with co-head Laura Steinbach to drive business development activities, advance strategic relationships, and grow the firm’s pipeline of opportunities with IM prospects and clients globally. She will focus on IM business development internationally, whilst Steinbach will…
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HSBC launches fund admin services in Thailand
HSBC has launched fund administration services in Thailand. This comes after Thailand’s Securities Exchange and Commission relaxed outsourcing rules to improve the efficiency of local fund managers’ operations. Under this model, clients can use HSBC’s fund administration services in addition to custody and fund supervisory services currently offered. The service will be offered through Multifonds,…
Citi appoints David Brown to senior APAC client role
Citi has appointed David Brown as Asia Pacific head of client executive and account management for custody and fund services. Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Irimga McKay, global head of client executives and account management for custody and fund services, and David Russell, Asia Pacific head of securities services and Hong Kong head…
CACEIS to service Theoreim’s new RE funds
CACEIS has been selected as provider for Theoreim’s first two real estate funds. Theoreim is an independent asset management company specialising in real estate investments and received authorisation from the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers in September 2020. CACEIS, now provides depositary banking services for both funds, in addition to fund accounting and transfer agency…
HSBC promotes Tony McDonnell to head alts investments
HSBC Securities Services has appointed Tony McDonnell as global head of alternative investments. For the last seven years, McDonnell has been the country head for securities services in Ireland and, since 2019, has had the additional responsibility of establishing private assets as a product across securities services. He will now focus solely on development of…
Citi to service OFC ETFs for Mirae
Mirae Asset Global Investments (HK) Limited has appointed Citi as OFC custodian and provide fund administration and ETF services for the launch of two OFC ETFs: an inaugural active ETF – Global X China Innovator Active ETF – and a passive ETF – Global X China Global Leaders ETF. Both invest in equities of companies…
State Street opens Fund Connect ETF platform to all issuers
State Street has opened up its Fund Connect ETF platform to support all ETF issuers, regardless of their service provider. The platform was previously only available to issuers serviced by State Street. The Fund Connect platform links APs and issuers. Fund Connect ETF is a global online trading portal for the creation and redemption of…
BP2S to service Harvest’s new ESG ETF
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed to provide fund services for Harvest Global Investments’ new CSI 300 ESG Leaders Index ETF. Services include global custody, fund administration, trustee, transfer agent and participating dealer. Harvest, which has a longstanding relationship with BP2S, is one of the largest Chinese institutional asset managers.
EISS Super implements State Street’s ESG risk analytics solution
EISS Super, an Australian superannuation fund with AUD6bn AuM, has implemented State Street’s recently launched ESG Risk Analytics solution. State Street provides EISS Super with customised ESG performance and risk management analytics with top-down and bottom-up capabilities. EISS Super can assess the carbon emissions of its portfolio, as well as view its assets through the…
Duncan Cooper joins BNY Mellon to head EMEA digital solutions
Duncan Cooper has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of global digital solutions, based in the UK. He joins from HSBC, where he was head of data products strategy for securities services.