Pirum, the fintech focused on the securities finance and collateral management sector, has hired Andrew Miller as head of origination, NAM, and Charlie Wallis as director of origination, EMEA. Based in New York, Miller joins Pirum from AccessFintech. Wallis, based in London, joins from LSEG.
Category: FinTech
Coleman moves to LSEG from State Street
LSEG, the UK-based financial markets infrastructure and data provider, has appointed Chris Coleman as group head of sales and account management. Based in Boston, he reports to David Schwimmer, CEO. He joined from State Street, where he was most recently head of global client coverage.
Eleven upgrades onboarding platform
Eleven, the U.S.-based fintech focused on the alternatives sector, has launched OS8, “expanding and deepening every part of the private investment lifecycle on a single intelligent, connected operating system”. OS8 covers fundraising and investor onboarding, servicing, payments, and compliance, streamlining interactions between fund managers, fund administrators, and investors.
SGSS implements ALTO
SGSS has partnered with Amundi Technology to strengthen its depositary and fund administration services. Amundi Technology’s ALTO platform has been implemented to provide post-trade investment compliance monitoring across SGSS operations in France, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg.
Pirum appoints CPO
Vinod Bhaskaran has joined Pirum as chief product officer. He joins from Nasdaq Calypso, where he was head of product management.
Citi poaches IT chief from BNY
Matthew Yazdi has been appointed as head of investor services technology for Citi. He is based in New York. He joined from BNY Mellon.
AP3/AP4 retool with SimCorp
The third and fourth Swedish National Pension Funds (AP3 & AP4) have completed a comprehensive modernisation of their system infrastructure through a new, integrated front-to-back solution from SimCorp. This replaces multiple systems that support the entire workflow – from analysis and order placement to portfolio management, risk, performance, compliance, and financial reporting. The transition to…
CWAN to be acquired
Clearwater Analytics, the U.S.-based accounting fintech, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately USD8.4bn by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus, with participation from Temasek. The investor group has support from Francisco Partners. The CWAN board of directors has approved this transaction. Permira recently…
Al West steps down from SEI
Alfred (Al) West, Jr., SEI Investments’ founder and executive chairman of the board, has stepped down from his role as a director and board chair as part of a planned transition effective Jan. 1, 2026. The board has appointed Carl Guarino, an independent director of SEI’s board since 2014, as chairman. West will become chairman…
DTCC partners with Digital Asset & Canton
DTTC has partnered with Digital Asset and the Canton Network to enable the tokenisation of DTC custodied assets on the Canton Network. The partnership follows DTC’s recent receipt of a No-Action Letter from the SEC to implement and operate a new service to tokenise real-world, DTC-custodied assets. Through this partnership, DTCC plans to enable a…