Martin Jacobs has returned to State Street as client solutions lead for its State Street Alpha front-to-back solution. Jacobs previously spent nearly seven years at Citi, where he was most recently global product head of data strategy & architecture. He is based in London.
Category: State Street
State Street upgrades ETF portal
State Street has upgraded APIs for its Fund Connect ETF portal and now offers coverage to all clients globally, including Europe and the APAC region. Fund Connect ETF APIs have previously been available in the U.S. and Canada and account for nearly half of North American order volumes. Fund Connect ETF is an online portal…
Saltgate hires NED
Saltgate, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator with USD100bn AuA, has appointed Julia Chapman as a non-executive director. Based in Jersey, she is a solicitor qualified in England and Wales and in Jersey.
BlackRock appoints BNY Mellon
After a multi-year evaluation and selection process, BlackRock has appointed BNY Mellon to work alongside State Street as a service provider for its Irish-domiciled ETFs. BNY Mellon is expected to assume responsibility for about half of BlackRock’s iShares ETFs, totalling some USD356bn, providing depositary, fund administration and fund accounting services. State Street will remain registrar…
State Street completes CF acquisition
State Street has completed its acquisition of CF Global Trading, a UK-based firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency basis for a variety of asset classes, including equities, listed derivatives and fixed income. Financial terms are not being disclosed. State Street currently provides outsourced trading to clients in the Americas, APAC and Middle East,…
ZILO adds four to board
ZILO, the UK-based fintech specialising in the global asset and wealth management sectors, has added four new directors to its board: Cuan Coulter from State Street, Pervaiz Panjwani from Citi, Adam Felesky of Portage, and James Devlin from Fidelity International Strategic Ventures. All four companies participated in ZILO’s recent GBP25m (USD32m) funding round.
State Street appoints UK head
State Street has appointed Michael Eldridge as UK country head and State Street Bank & Trust London branch manager. Reporting to Cuan Coulter, Eldridge will oversee all aspects of State Street’s business in the UK and the execution of the firm’s strategy across product deployment, client relationships, risk and compliance, employee development and community engagement,…
Aztec appoints RE head
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Claire Stapleton as group head of real assets. Based in Kilkenny, Ireland, she joins from BNY Mellon, where she was global head of real estate accounting. Prior to that, she was head of the Kilkenny real assets & private equity team at State Street International (Ireland) Limited. Her…
VanEck selects Gemini
VanEck, the U.S.-based fund manager with USD76.4bn AuM, has named Gemini as BTC custodian for its recently approved bitcoin ETF under the ticker HODL, which is listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange. State Street is the custodian of cash, fund accountant, transfer agent, ETF basket servicer and order-taker.
ZILO raises GBP25m
ZILO, the UK-based fintech specialising in the global asset and wealth management sector, has completed a GBP25m (USD32m) Series A funding round. The fundraising, which was oversubscribed, was co-led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures and Portage, with participation from State Street and Citi. In 2023 ZILO onboarded the first client to its global digital transfer…