Brown Brothers Harriman has hired Tim Huver to join its ETF team. In this role, Huver is responsible for executing the firm’s ETF servicing growth strategy in the U.S. by fostering new client relationships and providing consultative services to help managers build a comprehensive ETF operating model. Huver joins BBH from Vanguard, where his 23-year…

Northern Trust has appointed Duncan Cooper as chief data officer, asset servicing, a new role, reporting to Kelley Conway, global head of corporate and digital strategy. He will be responsible for leading the data strategy for the asset servicing business, covering both data delivery and data management. He joins from BNY Mellon, where he was…

Ultimus Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has supported Nomura Private Capital with the launch of the firm’s first interval fund. Nomura is expanding into intermediary distribution, with a focus on RIAs, banks, trusts and family offices, with the launch of the Nomura Alternative Income Fund (NAIFX).

JTC Group, together with Carey Olsen, have supported Canada-based digital asset manager Valour Inc.’s new digital asset ETP programme in Jersey, C.I., which will be offered to investors across the European Union. The ETPs will provide investors with access to a variety of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets via a regulated stock exchange. Issued by…

Deep Pool Financial Solutions, the Ireland-based investor services and regulatory solutions provider to alternative and retail fund administrators, has been appointed by Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited to provide its investor servicing solution to accelerate growth of the Cayman Islands-based firm’s fund administration business. Deep Pool’s technology supports 11 of the world’s top 20 alternative fund…

BNP Paribas’s securities services business has enhanced its investment compliance screening capabilities to include a range of ESG criteria. The new service enables asset managers and asset owners to incorporate customisable and flexible ESG criteria into their portfolio monitoring. The service employs a range of data feeds from external and internal sources to enable asset…

Ripple, the UK-based fintech specialising in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has acquired Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenisation technology. Ripple, which has primarily operated in the cross-border payments space, will expand its offering to provide clients with the technology to issue, settle and safekeep any type of tokenised asset. Metaco…