State Street has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency basis for a variety of asset classes including equities, listed derivatives and fixed income. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of fund administration services, has acquired PartnersAdmin LLC, a full-service fund administration provider based in the U.S. PartnersAdmin has a strong U.S. west coast footprint. Following the deal, TMF will administer more than USD215bn. The acquisition represents a further step in TMF’s expansion in the North American market, where in…

HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He has spent 24 years with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, most recently as global head of issuer services. He reports to Alexis Meissner and Matt Kiraly, global co-heads of platform…

Centralis Group, Luxembourg-based provider of alternative investments and outsourced corporate services, has appointed Elizabeth Fitzgibbons as chief commercial officer. She will join the executive committee and report directly to CEO Aidan Foley. Fitzgibbons was previously head of sales for debt and capital markets at Alter Domus. She will be based in the London office.

Clearwater Analytics, a provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has struck a partnership with BNP Paribas’ securities services business, to offer investment accounting and reporting solutions combined with the bank’s custody services. INTÉRIALE Mutual, a shared client, is already using the combined offering.

Confluence, the technology solutions provider helping the investment management industry solve complex investment data challenges, has formed a partnership with FundGuard, the cloud native, AI-powered, multi-asset class investment accounting platform. The partnership will combine functionality from Unity, Confluence’s fund administration platform, and Revolution, its suite of asset management performance and risk services, with FundGuard’s investment…