IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Lyons O’Keeffe to the newly created position of ESG director. He will be responsible for driving forward the next phase of IQ-EQ’s ESG service offering for clients, including enhanced ESG reporting and supporting clients with launching new ESG strategies, particularly across alternative asset classes. He joins from Legal &…
Richard
BNY Mellon launches digital asset custody platform
BNY Mellon has gone live with its digital asset custody platform in the U.S. This will enable select clients to hold and transfer bitcoin and ether. BNY Mellon has been working closely with market-leading fintechs and tapped digital asset technology specialists Fireblocks and Chainalysis to integrate their technology to meet the present and future security…
BNP Paribas to support Fineco’s ETF range
BNP Paribas has been selected by Fineco Asset Management (FAM) to provide a full range of banking services for its equities and fixed income ETFs listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. FAM, an Irish UCITS management company wholly owned by Italian bank FinecoBank S.p.A., has entered the ETF market with a range of Ireland-domiciled funds.…
Polar Capital expands relationship with Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been appointed by Polar Capital to provide global custody, depositary, transfer agency, fund accounting and currency management services to the Melchior Selected Trust. Domiciled in Luxembourg, Polar Capital’s Melchior Selected Trust was launched in 2010 and is comprised of the Melchior Absolute Return Fund, European Opportunities Fund and Global Equity Fund. All…
BNY Mellon appoints head of global client management
BNY Mellon has hired Ed Fandrey as head of global client management. Based in New York, he will report to Akash Shah, BNY Mellon’s chief growth officer. He was most recently president of national sales and marketing at LPL Financial, a retail investment advisory firm, and previously spent two decades at Microsoft, latterly as vice…
Sanlam consolidates with SS&C
Sanlam Life Insurance Limited, a member of the Sanlam Limited Insurance Group, the largest non-banking financial services group in Africa, and one of the largest life assurers in South Africa, has chosen SS&C to provide end-to-end capabilities to administer a broad range of multi-asset, multi-region product types for their individual retail investors. Glacier Financial Solutions…
SDX Web3 goes live with crypto custody
SDX Web3, the recently launched business unit of SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its institutional custody service for crypto assets. The service is designed for institutional clients that want to scale their crypto asset business leveraging best-in-class back-end services and capabilities. It allows institutions to safely and cost-effectively store and transfer crypto assets…
FundRock wins Fundsmith distribution mandate
FundRock Management Company, the Apex-owned third-party UCITS ManCo and AIFM, has expanded its relationship with Fundsmith, the UK-based fund management company, to include distribution services. In addition to existing ManCo services, FundRock Distribution S.A. will now provide distribution services, enabling Fundsmith to distribute its funds in Europe. FundRock Distribution will provide specific resources and support…
Equiom hires new CEO
Equiom, the C.I.-based professional services provider, has appointed Jon Jennings as its new group CEO. He joins from JTC plc where he was group head of institutional client services. His appointment follows the recent announcement that funds managed by Alcentra have become the new majority owners of the group, and the appointment of Farah Ballands…
CACEIS wins UK pension fund mandate
CACEIS has been appointed by the UK’s Bedfordshire Pension Fund to provide custody, fund accounting and performance measurement services for its GBP2.9bn (USD3.2bn) of assets.