Raytheon Technologies, the U.S.-based aerospace and defence company, has renewed and expanded its agreement with State Street as trustee, custodian, asset manager, securities lending agent and transition manager for the Raytheon Technologies Corporation Savings Plan Master Trust, a USD54bn master trust which holds assets for all U.S.-based defined contribution plans sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. As…
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State Street hires for Nordic sales
State Street has hired Susanne Sørensen from Standard Chartered. Sørensen, who is based in Paris, will focus on sales in the Nordic region, reporting to Jochen Kühn, head of coverage for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the Nordics.
Sanne hires head of ops for South Africa
Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Adam Duncan as head of operations in South Africa. Before joining Sanne, he spent three years as the director for data operations of Burgiss’ South African office, where he was responsible for the overall performance and progression of the team in South Africa. He also spent 13 years at…
Next Gate Tech hires industry heavyweight as CRO
Next Gate Tech, the Luxembourg-based fintech specialising in data management and data analytics for the asset management and asset servicing industries, has hired Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino as chief revenue officer. Gramuglia was previously head of State Street’s business in Luxembourg, and has also worked at BBH.
FIS hires State Street digital expert
FIS, the U.S.-based fintech, has appointed Ralph Achkar as head of product strategy for digital assets, currency, and blockchain. He joins from State Street, where he led digital product development for EMEA and ASPAC.
State Street renews data deal with LSEG
State Street and the London Stock Exchange Group have extended their relationship, with an agreement that includes a range of data services to support State Street across its businesses. State Street clients can access market pricing, symbology, and time series data from Refinitiv through the Charles River Investment Management Solution and the State Street Alpha…
Citi wins lion’s share of BlackRock’s iShares rebalancing
Citi has emerged as the major winner in BlackRock’s rebalancing of its provider panel for the USD2.3trn iShares’ assets in U.S.-domiciled ETFs. The decision is the culmination of a nearly two year-long due diligence process with the selection of four of the leading custody banks to support the growth of U.S. iShares ETFs and strengthen…
State Street deploys DLT for FX margin calculation
State Street, alongside Vanguard and Symbiont, have jointly completed the margin calculation process for a live trade of a 30-day foreign exchange forward contract through the use of Assembly, Symbiont’s distributed ledger technology. The firms have been actively exploring the application of blockchain technology to undertake margin processing for FX forwards and swaps, with the…
State Street hires performance expert from BNY Mellon
After a 19-year career at BNY Mellon, Marc Rubenfeld has joined State Street as MD, Alpha Platform Management – Investment Performance, based in the U.S. Most recently he was head of EMEA sales for data & analytics solutions at BNY Mellon.
State Street partners with Cassini to enhance optimisation
State Street has added pre-and post-trade optimisation and margin analytics capabilities to its Collateral+ service. In partnership with Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, Collateral+ now offers an integrated, modular approach to optimisation, which addresses collateral efficiency from multiple angles. It Through Cassini’s technology, Collateral+…