State Street has not had a good week. However much lipstick you put on a pig, it’s still a pig. State Street will be very relieved to see the back of this particular pig, preferably as a nice plate of bacon. Q3 earnings were modest at best, rescued by net interest income, which rose 36pct…
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Madison signs with Confluence
Confluence, a U.S.-based fintech provider for the investment management industry, has signed a multi-year contract with Madison Investments. The Wisconsin-based firm, with >USD20bn AuM, uses the Confluence composites solution to support its compliance with GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards).
IQ-EQ wins new mandate
IQ-EQ has been appointed to provide fund administration services to NBD Ventures T&T Opportunity Fund, a new fund accelerating payment liquidity for the travel and transport industries.
Yu joins HSBC
Clark Yu has joined HSBC as head of sales & client management for its securities services business across greater China, based in Hong Kong. He was previously at Allfunds.
Apex goes with Enfusion for MO
Apex has selected the Enfusion platform to enhance the delivery of middle-office services to its global fund administration client base. Enfusion is a U.S.-based provider of SaaS solutions for hedge funds and asset managers. Apex will use Enfusion’s software for cash and position reconciliation, corporate actions processing and verification, trade affirmation and break resolution, shadow…
Chakar leaves State Street
Nadine Chakar is to leave State Street. She joined from Manulife Investment Management in 2019 to run the bank’s global markets unit, and was subsequently appointed in 2021 to head the new digital business.
Link broadens relationship with EFA
European Fund Administration, which is due to be acquired by Universal Investment, has been appointed by Link Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) S.A. to provide middle office services covering trade management services for transferable securities and for financial derivative instruments. This new mandate broadens the longstanding relationship between EFA and Link Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) S.A., a third-party…
Vistra hires U.S. RE head
Vistra, a provider of advisory and administrative support to fund, corporate, capital markets, and private wealth clients, has hired Marlyn Ramirez as director, real estate fund operations, U.S. She joins Vistra with 20 years’ experience in real estate fund accounting, investor reporting, fund returns and investment management accounting systems implementation. Prior to joining Vistra, she…
State Street opens in Chile
State Street has opened an office in Chile to support institutional clients in Latin America, with a focus on custody, fund administration and securities lending. Alberto Menendez will lead the Chile office, and act as sales representative for Chile and Peru. He will report to Maria Ximena Vasquez Barbosa, regional sales head for LatAm and…
Fenergo upgrades KYC offering
Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for KYC and CLM, has launched a new perpetual KYC solution to enable financial institutions to streamline periodic KYC review processes and reduce costs through automation. The solution, Fenergo Smart Review, automates the continuous monitoring of client profiles for KYC compliance by identifying all changes to relevant entity data,…