State Street has appointed Jessica Donohue as head of global investment insights, sustainability and impact. Donohue succeeds Rick Lacaille who announced his retirement earlier this year. She will report to Lou Maiuri, president, chief operating officer, and head of investment services. In this role, Donohue will oversee State Street’s sustainability efforts with a focus on…
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State Street opens in Colombia
State Street has continued its expansion into Latin America with the opening of an office in Bogota, Colombia. Andres Zambrano Burgl will manage the office and lead sales in the country, reporting to Maria Ximena Vasquez, State Street’s head of sales for Latin America and The Caribbean (ex Brazil). State Street opened an office in…
Inarcassa hires SGSS
Société Générale Securities Services in Italy has been selected as provider of custody and trustee services by Inarcassa, Italy’s national social assistance fund for self-employed engineers and architects, for a five-year term. Inarcassa has EUR13bn (USD14bn) AuM.
FINBOURNE hires from BNPP
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based data management fintech, has appointed Neil Ryan as head of product marketing and solution positioning. Ryan was most recently global head of investment analytics & data services at BNP Paribas’ securities services business.
BNPP appoints co-heads of data & digital
BNP Paribas’ securities services business has appointed Jean-Marc Friess and Thomas Durif as co-heads of its data & digital services business. Friess is appointed chief digital services officer for securities services. In his new role, he will continue to lead securities services’ digital channels and services roadmap and will take over the lead of its…
State Street hires from SGSS
Olivier Blanc has joined State Street as head of global delivery for France. He was previously at Société Générale. In 2022 State Street hired Christophe Baurand, who had been global head of sales, marketing & solutions for SGSS, as country head for France.
Apex to acquire Retransform
Apex has agreed to acquire Retransform from The Annet Group. Retransform is a global real estate service provider offering technology solutions and managed services to commercial, retail, residential and corporate real estate clients. Apex and Annet are also establishing a joint venture to develop software in the areas of data analytics, valuation, and digital twins…
BNPP partners with ULTUMUS
ULTUMUS, the ETF fintech owned by SIX Group, is forming a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas’s securities services business for ETF servicing agent capabilities. As part of the partnership, BNPP will leverage ULTUMUS’ create/redeem COSMOS platform. The COSMOS platform has been selected to handle the lifecycle of the bank’s ETF-related operations, from approving new creation…
Aviva moves to Clearwater platform
Aviva, the UK-based insurer, has gone live on the Clearwater Analytics platform for its investment accounting operations and regulatory reporting. Jonny Lee, finance & investment operations director at Aviva, said: “Being previously reliant on multiple legacy investment reporting models, we required a consolidated and reliable investment accounting and reporting solution. Clearwater’s single instance, multi-tenant architecture…
Apex hires for RA sales
Alexander Wedlich has joined Apex as continental Europe head of sales for real assets, based in Luxembourg. He joins from AssetMetrix.