State Street has appointed Staffan Ahlner as global head of Collateral+, a part of the funding and collateral solutions group. Ahlner, who previously led BNY Mellon‘s global collateral management business, will manage State Street’s Collateral + team to build on the company’s core collateral management capabilities and develop future collateral management solutions. Ahlner will report…
Category: Capital Markets
Glenmede adds equity trading to State Street mandate
Glenmede Investment Management L.P., a U.S.-based money manager with USD11bn AuM, has appointed State Street to provide outsourced non-US equity trading and middle office services for GIM’s international equity strategy. This mandate adds to the recently extended investment servicing relationship covering custody, accounting, fund administration and transfer agency solutions for the Glenmede Funds.
SIX takes stake in Custodigit
The Swiss Stock Exchange has made an investment in Custodigit, the joint venture created by Swisscom and Sygnum in 2018. With this agreement, SIX Digital Exchange, Swisscom, and Sygnum Bank will enable Swiss banks to offer access to digital assets for their customers through an institutional digital asset gateway. The gateway will support the complete…
CACEIS and Amundi launch front-to-back service
CACEIS and its sister company, Amundi, have launched a front-to-back solution for asset managers and owners, offering a portfolio management platform (ALTO), dealing services, middle office, custody and fund accounting.
Ocorian appoints Alan Booth as global head of cap mkts
Ocorian, a C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Alan Booth as global head of capital markets. Booth joined Ocorian in 2017 and is currently head of its UK offices, a post he will retain. Ocorian’s capital markets business line includes the provision of SPV administration, debt, CLO, escrow, captive insurance/ILS, maritime and aviation services.
HSBC launches sec lending solution for TTFs
HSBC has launched new custody and fund administration technology and an operating model for tax transparent funds (TTFs), where ‘look-through’ is applied at the share class level for securities lending, in what it claims to be a market first. This approach improves the tax transparency of securities lending opportunities in TTFs for institutional investors, while…
BP2S adds CLSA to broker panel for China-Hong Kong Stock Connect
BNP Paribas Securities Services has confirmed CLSA, the Kong Kong-based subsidiary of CITIC Securities, as the latest partner broker for its multi approved partner broker (MAP) model for the China-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme. The MAP model allows investors to choose from a variety of brokers whilst benefiting from guaranteed real DvP settlement through internalised…
Carlyle leads new equity investment for Apex
The Carlyle Group has led a preferred equity investment for Apex Group, the Bermuda-based global financial services provider. Apex will use the capital to support ongoing growth and acquisition activities, including its previously announced acquisitions of Luxembourg-based FundRock and Banco Modal’s alternative fund administration business in Brazil. Carlyle recently agreed to buy a majority stake…
BP2S opens agency sec lending desk in Hong Kong
BNP Paribas Securities Services is expanding its market and financing services for clients in Asia Pacific with the launch of a new agency securities lending desk in Hong Kong. This desk will complement existing services offered in Sydney, London and New York. BNP Paribas has appointed Anthony McDonald to head up the Hong Kong agency…
HSBC facilitates new sec lending transactions in mainland China
HSBC has facilitated securities lending transactions conducted by China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited in mainland China. The two transactions, executed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, are among the first batch of securities lending transactions via the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) scheme. HSBC is the custodian, providing services including investment…