After a distinguished 45-year career with U.S. Bank, Dale Smith is to retire. He is currently head of the Wealth Management & Investment Services Transformation Office, and has overseen the migration of its custody business to the SEI Wealth platform. During his storied career he led expansion of the trust & custody business from USD400bn…
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U.S. Bank adds to Kedia’s role
Jim Kelligrew, vice chair of corporate and commercial banking at U.S. Bank, will be retiring from the company on June 30. Gunjan Kedia will assume an expanded leadership role, overseeing a combined wealth management and investment services and corporate and commercial banking organisation. Kedia is a company vice chair and has been with U.S. Bank,…
U.S. Bank invests in Versana
U.S. Bank Investment Services has joined the latest fundraising round by Versana, a fintech focused on the syndicated loan market. As a leading trustee, particularly for CLOs, which make up 70pct of the institutional loan market, U.S. Bancorp is Versana’s first buyside-focused investor, which Versana hopes will assist in creating a network effect with the…
U.S. Bank hires GFS president
U.S. Bank has appointed Jay Martin as president, global fund services. Martin will join the senior leadership team of U.S. Bank’s Wealth Management and Investment Services (WMIS) division. He will be based in Milwaukee. The position has been vacant since Joe Neuberger left in late 2022. Christine Waldron, chief product officer for WMIS, has been…
U.S. Bank launches European ETF services
U.S. Bank has launched its new ETF services in Europe, as well as signing its first client for this offering. U.S. Bank will support Horizon Kinetics’ European version of its Inflation Beneficiaries ETF, an actively managed fund that seeks to address one of the most important economic and investment drivers – inflation – by identifying…
Pace moves to U.S. Bank
Dan Pace has joined U.S. Bank as a relationship manager in its institutional trust & custody team, based in Boston. He previously spent more than 15 years at BBH.
U.S. Bancorp invests in Ownera
U.S. Bancorp has joined Ownera’s Series A investment round. Ownera is a fintech working on an interoperability network for tokenized assets. Ownera aims to digitise private markets, allowing banks, asset managers and exchanges to route assets more efficiently. Other participants in the funding round include J.P. Morgan. In 2021 U.S. Bank invested in Lumint and…
Securrency hires Chakar as CEO
Securrency, the U.S.-based developer of institutional-grade, blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, has appointed Nadine Chakar as CEO. Her appointment will allow Dan Doney, Securrency’s founder, who has served as the company’s CEO and lead architect since its inception, to focus on innovation, technology delivery, and commercialisation by continuing to serve as chief technology officer. Most…
U.S. Bank promotes Breda Sullivan
U.S. Bank has given Breda Sullivan an expanded role as head of depositary, custody and banking for its European investment services business. Sullivan has been with U.S. Bank since 2017, and was previously head of depositary services in Europe. Her promotion follows the recent appointment of Didier Delvaux as head of global fund services for…
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.