BNP Paribas Securities Services has expanded its broker-to-custody offering and has added Spuerkeess, a Luxembourg-based bank, to the platform. The broker-to-custody solution, which was previously offered only in the U.S. and APAC, is now available across Europe, further to the bank’s recent expansion in equities flow trading in the region. Using BNP Paribas’s open architecture,…
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SimCorp & SGSS extend partnership
SimCorp, the Europe-based provider of SaaS investment management solutions, and Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) have extended their partnership until 2028 to promote front-to-back solutions for asset managers. The new contract includes a broad scope of new activities, including additional front office and ESG functionalities for CrossWise, SGSS’s front-to-back integrated suite which leverages SimCorp Dimension’s…
Alpha adds to NatWest mandate
NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services (NWTDS) has expanded its partnership with Alpha Real Capital after being mandated to provide depositary services for its Long Income Funds range, which includes a GBP2.1bn Index Linked Income Fund which invests in portfolios of UK ground rent assets to provide a long-term secure and predictable inflation-linked income stream with…
Al West to step down as SEI CEO
SEI has selected Ryan Hicke, currently executive vice president and chief information officer, to become the company’s next chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors, effective June 1, 2022. Hicke will succeed founder Al West, Jr., who is transitioning to the role of executive chairman after leading and growing SEI for…
FAB appoints country head for KSA
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has appointed Rainer Kasch as managing director and head of Saudi Arabia securities services. Based in Riyadh, Kasch will be responsible for managing FAB Capital’s Saudi direct custody business and developing the securities services franchise with Saudi-based institutions. Kasch joins from Standard Chartered, based in Singapore, where he was managing…
IQ-EQ bolsters APAC client services team
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has added to its client services team in Asia. Andréia Prates and Rachael Leung have joined the business as client service directors. Prates joins IQ-EQ’s Singapore office as director, client services. She previously worked for Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Brown Brothers Harriman covering Asia, the Middle East…
Invictus converts crypto funds
Invictus Capital, a Cayman-domiciled manager, has migrated its tokenised crypto funds into a regulated mutual fund structure. All open-ended Invictus funds will now have the same oversight as other regulated mutual funds within the Cayman Islands. The funds will benefit from annual independent external audits and daily verification of fund assets by a licensed third-party…
Circle adds BNY Mellon as reserves custodian
Circle Internet Financial, LLC has appointed BNY Mellon as a primary custodian for USD Coin (USDC) reserves. Circle is an internet finance firm that provides internet-based payments and financial infrastructure and is the sole issuer of USDC. USDC is one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies in the world, with over USD52bn in circulation…
MUFG opens hub in Cyprus
MUFG Investor Services, the asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has established an operational centre in Limassol, Cyprus. This is MUFG’s second European hub, working alongside its Dublin office. MUFG has c. USD800bn AuC/A.
CIBC Mellon wins Forstrong mandate
Forstrong Global, the Canada-based asset manager, has appointed CIBC Mellon to provide asset servicing and digital solutions, including custody, accounting, recordkeeping, securities lending, financial statement preparation, investment data access and tax reporting. Established in 2001, Forstrong runs actively managed ETFs to capitalise on macroeconomic, geopolitical and other world trends for some of Canada’s largest financial…