Suresh Krishnamurthy has joined SS&C to lead client solutions for SS&C GlobeOp Private Markets, SS&C’s private equity and real assets fund administration business. He will report to Bhagesh Malde, global head of SS&C GlobeOp Private Markets. He joins from BNY Mellon, where he headed product solutions for alternative investment servicing. Prior to BNY Mellon, he…
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State Street to deploy Canoe’s ML technology for private markets
State Street plans to implement a cloud-based, machine learning technology to transform private markets processing and document management. Through State Street’s partnership with Canoe Intelligence, allocators and managers in the private markets sector will have an integrated experience where traditionally onerous and manual alternative investment workflows will be automated and streamlined, reducing processing time and…
Northern Trust to support Fundsmith’s SICAV
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide fund accounting, transfer agency and global custody services to Fundsmith’s Luxembourg-domiciled umbrella, Fundsmith SICAV. Fundsmith SICAV was launched in 2011 and currently has EUR6.4bn (USD7.6bn) AuM. At launch, State Street/IFDS were appointed to provide fund administration, custody and TA to the fund. Headquartered in the UK, Fundsmith has…
Key Private Bank consolidates with Charles River
Key Private Bank, the wealth management division of U.S.-based KeyCorp, has consolidated its portfolio management functions on the Charles River Wealth Management Solution. Key Private Bank has also upgraded its use of the platform, adopting compliance, data services, IBOR, and performance measurement and attribution capabilities.
State Street creates new digital finance division
State Street has launched a new division focused on digital finance. The new division, State Street Digital, will be led by Nadine Chakar, EVP and head of global markets. Chakar will report to Lou Maiuri, COO. Chakar will be replaced as head of global markets by Tony Bisegna, currently global head of portfolio solutions, FX…
State Street appoints new heads of Taiwan & Hong Kong
State Street has appointed Pauline Wong as head of the Hong Kong SAR and Ilona Chen as head of Taiwan. These newly created roles will report to Mostapha Tahiri, head of Asia Pacific. Wong and Chen will oversee all State Street’s businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively. Wong joined State Street in 2011 and…
State Street hires Jason Knight as global head of insurance
State Street has appointed Jason Knight as global head of the firm’s insurance segment. Knight joins from BNY Mellon, where he was most recently head of the insurance segment in the Americas for the asset servicing business.
Martin Currie migrates investment ops to Northern Trust
Martin Currie Investment Management has completed the migration of outsourced investment operations functions to Northern Trust for its book of assets managed from UK offices in Edinburgh and London. These include performance measurement and client reporting activities that were previously managed inhouse. Owned by Franklin Resources, Martin Currie is a long-term global equity growth investor…
Aberdeen Standard Investments moves two ETFs to State Street
Aberdeen Standard Investments has appointed State Street as service provider for two of the firm’s ETFs. These ETFs have transitioned from another provider. State Street will now provide a range of ETF services, including custody, fund accounting, basket creation/settlement, order-taking, transfer agency and regulatory reporting. State Street currently provides global custody, accounting and fund administration…
State Street to service dual access ETF for AllianceBernstein in Australia
State Street has been appointed as servicing agent for an AllianceBernstein ETF in Australia that now offers the dual access option. Originally developed seven years ago, AB’s Managed Volatility Equities Fund was listed on the Chi-X exchange in April, leveraging the innovative dual access model, which enables active managers to run a single register for…