State Street has not had a good week. However much lipstick you put on a pig, it’s still a pig. State Street will be very relieved to see the back of this particular pig, preferably as a nice plate of bacon. Q3 earnings were modest at best, rescued by net interest income, which rose 36pct…
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Chakar leaves State Street
Nadine Chakar is to leave State Street. She joined from Manulife Investment Management in 2019 to run the bank’s global markets unit, and was subsequently appointed in 2021 to head the new digital business.
State Street opens in Chile
State Street has opened an office in Chile to support institutional clients in Latin America, with a focus on custody, fund administration and securities lending. Alberto Menendez will lead the Chile office, and act as sales representative for Chile and Peru. He will report to Maria Ximena Vasquez Barbosa, regional sales head for LatAm and…
Capitolis and State Street launch FX post-trade optimisation
TradeNeXus, a GlobalLink digital platform for FX transactions which is part of State Street’s digital division, has partnered with Capitolis, a fintech focused on capital markets, to launch an automated post-trade solution to optimise portfolios. With this integrated offering, buy-side firms can use TradeNeXus to automate data submission and access Capitolis’ analytics tools to scan…
State Street adds FundGuard to Alpha platform
State Street has selected FundGuard to deliver a strategic accounting solution for State Street Alpha. FundGuard is a scalable cloud-native investment accounting, fund accounting, and contingency NAV solution. The FundGuard accounting solution will be integrated for STP from portfolio management and trading in the Charles River Investment Management Solution through to custody and administration. A…
State Street’s GlobalLink goes digital
State Street has upgraded GlobalLink, a suite of digital multi-asset trading solutions, with the launch of GlobalLink Digital. The new service enables customised workflows, and a seamless user experience across the full suite of GlobalLink solutions and third-party partners. GlobalLink Digital’s functionality has been designed to enhance services, solutions and automation, allowing institutions and applications…
BNPP hires head of A&NZ for securities services
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Daniel Cheever as head of securities services for Australia and New Zealand. He joins from State Street where he was most recently head of global services for Australia. Based in Sydney, he reports to Franck Dubois, head of securities services Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas, and Karine Delvallée, CEO…
State Street hires in Australia
Cleyde Hazell has joined State Street in Australia as a managing director in the alternatives client segment for APAC. She was previously at BNP Paribas.
IQ-EQ appoints head of Caribbean
Cory Thackeray has been appointed as IQ-EQ’s head of Caribbean, a newly created regional leadership position responsible for overseeing strategy, operations and performance across its Cayman, Curaçao and Bermuda offices. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was CFO for CrossTower, a crypto investment and trading firm. He has also headed up hedge fund services in North…
Fundnode launched in Singapore
Marketnode, the Singapore-based joint venture between Temasek and SGX, has launched Fundnode, an industry-wide investment funds utility using distributed ledger technology. Fundnode will begin by streamlining fund processes, facilitating simplified subscription, redemption, and record-keeping workflows for funds offered to retail investors (Authorised Collective Investment Schemes). Pilot phase participants of Fundnode will include fund distributors, fund…