Marc Russell-Jones has joined Broadridge, the U.S.-based fintech firm, as head of asset management sales EMEA. He was previously head of sales for SEI’s wealth platform business, and has also worked at BNY Mellon, State Street, Northern Trust and J.P. Morgan.
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TMF appoints new bus dev head for UK & Ireland
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based administrator, has appointed Yvette van Loon as the market head of business development in the UK and Ireland. She joined TMF Group in 2006, and will move to London from France later in the year. She will report to Pamela Valasuo, head of business development for the international region, with a…
Carlyle and Mubadala invest in Apex
Carlyle, the private equity investor, and Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, have taken minority stakes in Apex Group Ltd. Carlyle and Mubadala have invested in the ordinary share capital alongside founder and CEO Peter Hughes, majority investor Genstar and TA Associates, which made a significant minority investment earlier this year. This investment expands…
J.P. Morgan strikes deal with Abel Noser for TCA
Nearly 20 years after its disastrous foray into the transaction cost analysis business, J.P. Morgan has struck a deal with Abel Noser Solutions, a multi-asset TCA provider. Abel Noser’s analytics will be integrated into J.P. Morgan’s platform, providing asset owner and asset manager clients with a multi-asset post-trade TCA solution. In 2002 J.P. Morgan acquired…
L&G expands relationship with State Street
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is extending its existing partnership with State Street by expanding its usage of Charles River technology and to deliver middle office servicing. LGIM says that the appointment of State Street, as well as the expansion of its use of Charles River technology across a number of its investment management…
Eurizon appoints SS&C for TA for new UK-based funds
Eurizon SLJ Capital, the UK-based asset manager of Italy’s Eurizon, has chosen SS&C to provide transfer agency and shareholder services for two new funds. With EUR61m at launch, Eurizon SLJ Bond Aggregate RMB Fund and the Eurizon SLJ Local Emerging Markets Debt Fund offer U.K. investors access to opportunities in China in both GBP and…
Grayscale adds BNY Mellon as key servicing provider
Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager with >USD30bn AuM, has selected BNY Mellon as an asset servicing provider for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, its flagship product. BNY Mellon will provide Grayscale Bitcoin Trust with fund accounting and administration effective October 1, 2021. Additionally, it is anticipated that BNY Mellon will provide transfer agency…
Apex to acquire German administrator
Apex Group is to acquire mola-administration GmbH, a fund administrator based in Germany. mola-administration serves private equity firms, venture capital, debt, special situations and digital assets funds, with AuA of EUR3.5bn.
Ocorian hires new head of corporate development
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Simon Percival as group head of corporate development, responsible for the merger and acquisition strategy and implementation. Based in the UK, he reports directly to Ocorian’s CFO, Anthony Zarmakoupis. Percival joins from Finastra, a fintech company, where he was head of corporate development.
J.P. Morgan arrives late to data party
Significantly behind all its major competitors, J.P. Morgan’s securities services division is setting up a new data solutions business. Gerard Francis, who was head of enterprise data solutions at Bloomberg, will head the business, reporting to Teresa Heitsenrether, global head of securities services.