Category: Bank Providers

BNY has appointed Ben Slavin to the newly created role of industry head of ETFs, where he will work across the firm to shape priorities and drive alignment with the firm’s global enterprise ETF commercial strategy. BNY created this role to accelerate continued growth in the ETF sector. BNY currently services >USD3trn in ETF assets,…

A major coup for BNP Paribas, which has hired Mathilde Guerin as head of industrial transformation. Based in Paris, she reports to Fabrice Silberzan, COO for securities services at BNP Paribas, whom she succeeds in this role. Guerin previously held a number of senior roles within SGSS before spending a short time as deputy head…

BNP Paribas been awarded a mandate from Allianz UK to provide a range of asset services in the UK, including global custody, agency securities lending, auto FX, CLS and cash services. The onboarding process has now been completed. This mandate builds on the existing partnership with Allianz in core markets including Germany, Italy and Belgium.

Northern Trust has signed an MoU with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) to develop digital and fintech talent and strengthen academic-industry collaboration. The MoU establishes a framework for Northern Trust and UBD to work together on research and development initiatives in areas such as digital assets, the application of AI, and emerging financial market trends. These…

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BNP Paribas’ securities services business has consolidated its global client development and territory management divisions under Alessandro Gioffreda. Additionally, Alvaro Camuñas has been appointed as vice chairman of securities services, effective immediately. Camuñas will maintain his sponsorship of a number of strategic clients.

BNY has hired Tom Zita as senior director, alternatives client coverage. He reports to Dylan Curley, client coverage global head of alternatives for the asset servicing business. Zita was previously at Northern Trust.