Mason Stevens Limited, the Australia-based wealth platform and provider of investment administration and managed account solutions, has appointed Citi to provide custody and integrated execution services. With >AUD6.7bn (USD4.5bn) under management and administration, Mason Stevens offers superannuation and non-superannuation products, managed account and investment solutions.

Zodia, Standard Chartered’s crypto custody business which is supported by Northern Trust, has raised USD36m as part of a Series A funding round led by SBI Holdings, a Japan-based venture capital fund manager. Standard Chartered remains the majority owner.

Deutsche Börse AG and SimCorp A/S have entered into a binding agreement which will see Deutsche Börse make an all cash recommended public takeover offer to acquire SimCorp, valuing the business at EUR3.9bn (USD4.3bn). The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals as well as other customary conditions and is expected to be completed in the…

Goji, the FCA regulated, UK-based fintech that offers investors digital access to alternative investments, has named Clémence Chorlay as its new operations director. Based in London, Chorlay was most recently fund operations manager at Moonfare, a digital investment platform for private equity. She also formerly worked at Euroclear, which acquired Goji in 2022.

Suntera Global, the Isle of Man-based administrator with USD35bn AuA, has promoted Alex Noel to chief financial officer and hired Tom Cope as group head of finance. Noel was previously director of mergers and acquisitions, whilst Cope was previously head of finance at Sanne, the Apex-owned administrator.

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for KYC, transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management, had added three C-suite executives. Stephanie White joins from eBay as chief people officer, Chris Zingo from Finastra as chief revenue officer, and Conor Clinch from ION as chief financial officer.

Citi has appointed Mike Hughes as global head of custody product development. He will be responsible for the custody strategy across all Citi’s proprietary markets and global models. He joins from Ocorian, a C.I.-based independent administrator. Prior to that, he was at J.P. Morgan. Based in London, he will report to Matthew Bax, global head…

Citi has hired Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino as head of Luxembourg & the Netherlands. Gramuglia, who has been working as a strategic advisor and non-executive director, was previously head of Luxembourg for State Street and has also worked at BBH. He replaces Larissa Sototskaya, who has moved to a new role as global head of TA…

Confluence Technologies, the U.S.-based software provider focused on the investment management industry, has appointed Joan Binstock to its board of directors. Confluence is backed by Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates. She currently serves as independent director and audit chair at KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc., as well as a board member at both…