State Street has hired Taryn Siglain as global head of enhanced custody, its principal securities lending program. Siglain will report to Gino Timperio, global head of financing solutions for the global markets business. Siglain was most recently at Morgan Stanley where she held a variety of leadership roles, including head of Americas secured funding trading…
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BBH appoints three GPs
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed three new general partners: Thomas Davis (private banking), Christopher Gothard (investor services), and Justin Reed (private banking). Based in London, Gothard is taking on responsibility for the global markets group within the investor services division, including the FX and securities lending businesses.
Northern Trust to integrate with SimCorp
Northern Trust has agreed with SimCorp, a provider of SaaS investment management solutions, to enable integration for data exchange for mutual clients using the SimCorp Dimension platform. The two companies will automate custody data file exchange for Northern Trust clients via two different methods: direct integration of files which can be delivered to SimCorp, as…
Yarra appoints Apex
Apex has been appointed by Yarra Capital Management to support the Yarra Private Capital Discovery Fund. Yarra Capital Management is one of Australia’s largest independently owned, active fund managers, with c. AUD19bn (USD13bn) AuM. Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration, transfer agency and custody services for the closed-ended vehicle.
IQ-EQ hires from HSBC
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Matthew Abbott to the newly created role of global head of sales operations. He is based in the London office, reporting to Emma Crabtree, group chief commercial officer. Abbott was previously global head of sales & client enablement for HSBC’s securities services business.
FXall signs with Saphyre
The London Stock Exchange Group’s FXall business has struck a deal with Saphyre to digitise account onboarding for FXall clients through Saphyre’s AI technology, which allows liquidity providers to systematically approve accounts. The Saphyre technology is validated and live for a subset of clients of FXall, with plans for rollout to all FXall clients in…
UBS hires from HSBC
John Worden has joined UBS as head of custody & post trade strategy, based in the UK. He was previously a senior product manager at HSBC.
Link in talks with Waystone
Link Administration Holdings Limited, the ASX-listed administrator, has released an update on the progress of the sale of its Fund Solutions business and in relation to ongoing negotiations with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. “Link Group is in exclusive negotiation with the Waystone Group in respect of the sale of the whole of its FS…
Apex appoints head of Dallas
Apex has appointed Pamela Goldminz as office head, Dallas. She joined Apex in 2022 following the acquisition of Texas-based SandsPoint Capital Advisors LLC, a provider of advisory and consultancy services to alternative asset managers.
Crestbridge hires two for Lux
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has made two appointments in its Luxembourg office. Teodora Croitoru has joined as head of compliance, fund services, while Emmanuelle Poret has taken on the role of head of client onboarding, fund services & ManCo. Croitoru joins from Intertrust, and Poret was previously at Ocorian.