State Street has launched a new peer-to-peer financing platform, Venturi, specifically designed to connect buy-side firms with new sources of liquidity in the global repo space. Venturi, built through a partnership with FinOptSys, a fintech focused on the securities financing market, supports trade negotiations and enhances trade settlement and collateral management, allowing traders to better…
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Harvest appoints State Street for CNY hedging
State Street has been appointed by China’s Harvest Fund Management Co Ltd. to provide onshore CNY FX hedging services for their Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) investment funds. State Street has a long-term partnership with Harvest, having provided the firm with a range of investment services since 2010. State Street provides onshore CNY FX liquidity…
SS&C hires CIO for GIDS business
Declan McCarthy has joined SS&C as CIO, global investor & distribution solutions in Europe. He is based in Dublin. McCarthy previously spent nearly 12 years at State Street, most recently as global head of IT relationship management.
CRD collaborates with DirectBooks
Charles River Development, a State Street company, is collaborating with DirectBooks, enabling investment firms to manage primary issuance workflows in the Charles River Investment Solution (Charles River IMS). DirectBooks optimises primary issuance of fixed income securities by streamlining communications workflows between underwriters and institutional investors. Currently, 22 underwriters and over 250 institutional investors, including 17…
BBH announces four RMs for inserv business
In the clearest signal yet that the State Street deal to acquire Brown Brothers Harriman’s investor services business in far from certain, BBH has announced four new senior relationship managers. Mariana Kelly joins from BNY Mellon where she worked as a relationship manager for Latin American clients and held roles in business development, project and…
ART consolidates with State Street
Local media reports in Australia suggest that the AUD230bn (USD148bn) Australian Retirement Trust has consolidated custody and administration with State Street. ART was formed following the merger of QSuper and Sunsuper. QSuper, the larger of the two funds, had previously used Northern Trust, whilst State Street serviced Sunsuper.
CRD hires BNY Mellon veteran
Jeremy Shaw has joined Charles River Development, a State Street company, as a relationship manager in the UK. He previously spent more than 13 years at BNY Mellon.
U.S. Bank adds to senior management team in Lux
U.S. Bank has appointed Bardad Sambou as managing director – operations and client service, in Luxembourg. This follows the recent promotion of Didier Delvaux, head of Luxembourg, to head U.S. Bank’s global fund services business in Europe. Sambou previously spent more than 16 years at State Street.
State Street hires for senior Asian TA role
State Street has hired Aaron Ng as head of transfer agency client services & operations for Hong Kong & Japan, He is based in Hong Kong. He spent more than nine years with HSBC in Hong Kong, most recently as senior product manager, global distribution support & transfer agency services, before leaving in 2020.
SS&C hires State Street veteran
John Mason has joined SS&C in the UK as a sales director for the asset & wealth management sector. Mason previously spent nearly 25 years with State Street, most recently as a business development manager in Singapore.