Northern Trust has entered into a strategic agreement with Two Sigma to offer Venn, a cloud-based investment analytics platform, to its clients. Venn by Two Sigma will help Northern Trust provide asset allocators with enhanced portfolio insights and analytics designed to help investment teams make more confident asset allocation, manager selection and quantitatively driven investment…
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State Street strikes first FICC sponsored repo trade with ICE Clear
State Street has completed the first trade with ICE Clear U.S., a clearing house owned by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., as a sponsored member counterparty. This deal comes after ICE signed on as a sponsored member of State Street within the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) Sponsored Repo Program. State Street has USD150bn in sponsored repo…
HSBC moves Corda to Google Cloud
In what is believed to be an industry first, HSBC has moved Corda Enterprise, the blockchain platform developed by R3, on to Google Cloud. The move aims to cut client onboarding times from months to weeks, improving the client experience and significantly reducing costs. Moving the Corda technology to Google Cloud gives the bank the…
BlackRock to transfer ETF assets from State Street
State Street has confirmed that, following a review, it expects BlackRock to move a “significant portion of its ETF assets currently with State Street to one or more other providers, pending necessary approvals”. The transition is expected to begin in 2022 but will principally occur in 2023. In 2017 BlackRock moved USD1trn of common trust…
ARAG chooses AssetMetrix for alts investment analytics
AssetMetrix, the German fintech in which BNP Paribas has a stake, has been appointed by ARAG, the German insurance group, for the expansion of digital back and middle office processes for its alternative investments portfolio. ARAG will use AssetMetrix’s portal-based platform to analyse its investment decisions based on tools for performance, risk management, benchmarking and…
Nordea to recommend Citi as it exits Nordic sub-custody business
Citi and Nordea have finalised an agreement where Nordea will recommend its existing clients appoint Citi as their new provider of sub-custody services in the region. This follows a decision by Nordea to exit the Nordic sub-custody business. As a result of this agreement, Citi expects to significantly grow its market share in the Nordics.…
State Street wins EUR42bn mandate from Fideuram in Luxembourg
Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has appointed State Street in Luxembourg to assume the depositary bank and fund administration activities presently performed by its subsidiary, Fideuram Bank Luxembourg. The mandate covers c. EUR42bn (USD51bn) AuM. The completion of the transaction, which is conditional on regulatory approvals, is expected…
U.S. Bank hires David Kubilus as CCO for global fund services
U.S. Bank has hired David Kubilus for the newly created role of chief commercial officer for global fund services. Kubilus is based in London and will be responsible for connecting with investment managers about U.S. Bank’s recently launched Luxembourg capabilities. He will also contribute to the strategic development of global fund services in the U.S.…
BBH appoints Sonobe-san as a general partner
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Noriyasu Sonobe as a general partner. Sonobe joined BBH in 2007 and is currently co-office head of BBH Tokyo, as well as head of relationship excellence for investor services in Japan. He is based in Tokyo.
State Street appoints Theresa McLaughlin as global CMO
State Street Corporation has appointed Theresa McLaughlin as global chief marketing officer, with responsibility for marketing, branding, creative, communications, media, thought leadership, and events, inter alia. McLaughlin joins from TD Bank Financial Group where she was global chief marketing, customer experience & corporate citizenship officer for the past eight years. Based in Boston, she will…