Northern Trust Canada has appointed Kim Stevens as CFO. Prior to Northern Trust, she worked at Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank. Edouard Strew has joined as a senior relationship manager, based in Montréal. He joins from RBC, where he spent more than 15 years.
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REQ appoints RBC for Irish ICAV admin
REQ AS, a Norwegian asset manager, has selected RBC Investor Services as the service provider for its Irish UCITS ICAV. RBC will provide administration, depositary, custody and middle office services.
HSBC adds two senior bus dev execs to asset manager team
HSBC’s securities services business has made two senior appointments in its asset manager sector. Mark Low is appointed client executive – asset managers, Europe, reporting to Michelle Butler, head of business development & client management – Europe, asset owners & managers. He joins from RBC where he spent eight years, predominantly responsible for the asset…
RBC launches FX TCA service
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has launched its FX transaction cost analysis (TCA) service for currency overlay services (COS) clients. The service, which uses analytical technology provided by State Street-owned BestX, will provide RBC’s COS clients with independent FX TCA reporting to oversee and assess the execution quality of their COS transactions. COS is available…
Bill Muia joins SS&C
Bill Muia has joined SS&C as a director of business development, based in the U.S. He was previously at HSBC, and has also worked for RBC.
Perpetual switches to State Street in Australia
Perpetual Investment Management Limited, the Australia-based asset manager, has appointed State Street to provide custody and fund administration services. State Street will provide core custody, middle office, administration, valuation, accounting and tax reporting services to the funds managed by Perpetual. In addition, Perpetual will leverage State Street’s enterprise data platform to manage data across the…
Citi appoints Justin Burman to lead fund services in Australia
Citi has appointed Justin Burman as Australia product head for fund services. The appointment comes as Citi continues to transition clients from RBC, following a client transfer agreement finalised in March 2020. Burman has worked at BNP Paribas and, most recently, at RBC.
Daniel Hickey joins RBC as global head of network management
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Daniel Hickey as global head of network management, based in the UK. He joins from Barclays Bank, where he was head of EMEA network management. Hickey inherits a completely revamped network that was rationalised through a project known as Network 2.0, reducing the number of providers from 23…
Milestone hires Marian Azer to head Asia Pacific
Milestone Group, the fund industry fintech firm, has hired Marian Azer as managing director for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. Reporting to London-based CEO Paul Roberts, Azer will have overall responsibility for market engagement, client success and go-to-market strategy across APAC, with particular emphasis on the Australian and New Zealand markets. Most recently, she was…
RBC to service Presima’s real estate yield fund
RBC Investor Services has been appointed to provide custody and administration services for the Presima Yield Fund. Headquartered in Montreal, Presima focuses on real estate securities, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MLC Asset Management.