Euan Mcleod has joined SS&C as head of transfer agency for Asia Pacific. He previously spent 10 years at State Street in Hong Kong.
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Ultimus supports funds transition
Ultimus Fund Solutions has supported the transition of the James Advantage Funds’ fund administration functions from another provider. James Investment Research, the adviser to the James Advantage Funds, selected Ultimus as the fund administrator for its four mutual funds. Ultimus is now providing services encompassing financial administration, legal administration, fund accounting, transfer agent, and distribution.
BNPP wins EUR1.3bn Dutch mandate
BNP Paribas’s securities services business has been mandated by Coöperatie Univé U.A., based in the Netherlands, to provide investment and financial administration, regulatory reporting and global custody services for its EUR1.3bn (USD1.4bn) of global assets. Univé is a cooperative insurance company offering auto, home and health insurances to its 1.6 million members.
Apex launches ESG DaaS platform
Apex has launched an ESG data as a service platform for the private markets. Apex has been collecting, verifying and examining private market ESG data from more than 400 GPs, and 1,500 portfolio companies in more than 45 countries since 2019, compiling a proprietary and verified ESG database for benchmarking performance. The database will include…
DZ Bank selects Metaco
Metaco, the Switzerland-based digital assets platform provider, has signed a deal with DZ BANK AG, the central institution of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network, one of the largest banking groups in Germany. DZ BANK has AuC of EUR297bn (USD315bn). Metaco’s custody and orchestration platform, Harmonize, was selected by DZ BANK after an extensive proof-of-concept…
LemonEdge appoints CTO
LemonEdge, the UK-based platform provider for private markets fund and portfolio accounting, has promoted Angus Armstrong to chief technology officer. He was previously development director.
Ocorian hires head of funds BD
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Paul Spendiff as head of business development, global funds. He joins from FundRock, an Apex company, where he was global head of strategic development.
Krypton hires BD director
Bermuda-based Krypton Fund Services has hired Jerry Barbara as director of business development. He was previously at SS&C.
Euronext bids for Allfunds
Euronext has submitted a preliminary offer to buy Allfunds, the fund distribution platform, for EUR5.5bn (USD5.8bn). BNP Paribas, which struck a wide-ranging distribution deal with Allfunds in 2020, holds a significant stake in the business.
Citi hires head of SS technology
Ken Sansom has joined Citi as the head of securities services technology. He joins from Amazon Web Services. His hiring is the latest in a string of senior management acquisitions by Citi’s securities services business. These include Mary Gaspar-Hillenbrand, global head of digital first transformation; Joe Bonanno, global head of data, digital, and innovation; and…