Category: Bank Providers

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…

BNP Paribas has been appointed as custodian and administrator for the newly launched Phillip-China Universal MSCI China A 50 Connect ETF which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). This ETF aligns with the recently established ETF product link between SGX and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).

BNP Paribas’ securities services business has rolled out new learning modules on NeoLink, its client web portal, aimed at providing institutional clients with deeper knowledge about the securities services industry. The newly introduced e-learning modules cover asset servicing topics, including custody, securities lending, investment funds, and depositary services. Each e-learning module, available in English, French…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Romain Mifsud as chief commercial officer for France and Switzerland. With 14 years’ experience in the private market industry, Mifsud specialises in private equity, real estate, private debt and securitisation. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was at SGSS in Paris, where he was responsible for the development of a…

State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI) has agreed to expand and extend its partnership with SimCorp in Germany. Under the agreement, SimCorp will supply key technology components to SSBI for its accounting servicing, fund administration and data processing services that are provided predominantly to asset managers in Germany (KVG clients), including platform enhancements for corporate…

BBH has launched the latest iteration of Infomediary Data Solutions, an expanded suite of solutions that brings together data management technology and managed services to help asset managers and financial institutions take full control of their data. Infomediary Data Solutions builds on BBH’s Infomediary data integration capabilities by combining BBH’s data management platform and asset…

CACEIS has signed a partnership deal with Luxembourg-based regtech AlphaOmega to provide a PRIIPs reporting service for clients of its private equity real estate solutions business line. The new service is available via the Connect Store, CACEIS’ online marketplace, through which clients can access the solutions of selected fintech partners. AlphaOmega provides a one-stop shop…

ZILO, the UK-based fintech specialising in global asset and wealth management software, has signed an agreement with Fidelity International to deliver ZILO’s cloud-based transfer agency platform as part of its private assets business operating model. This follows the recent investment by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, a venture capital team within Fidelity International, as part of…