State Street has implemented a securities lending program for Yuanta Funds, a Taiwan-based ETF manager. The program allows overseas securities held within a Yuanta ETF to be lent through State Street’s global securities lending platform. The program marks the first time Yuanta has made overseas investments within one of its ETF products available for securities…

BNP Paribas’ securities services business has reorganised its digital assets department under the leadership of Philippe Benoit, head of strategic business development and transformation. Zineddine Alla joins as head of digital assets, based in Paris and reporting to Benoit. He was most recently deputy head of financial institutions coverage for EMEA at the bank. Wayne…

Northern Trust’s Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) outsourced trading desk has been appointed by J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM), a global equities specialist manager with GBP16.8bn (USD22.7bn) AuM, as sole provider of outsourced trading services. The appointment extends the reach of JOHCM’s trading across global markets and time zones, widens the liquidity and broker networks…

Frederic Van Ingelgom has joined ONE group solutions as group chief commercial officer, based in Luxembourg. He was most recently business development and client management director for HSBC’s securities business, also based in Luxembourg.

Arcesium, a fintech provider to the investment industry, has appointed Brian Rosenberg as president, revenue and commercial. Rosenberg will join Arcesium’s ExCo. Most recently, Rosenberg led commercial strategy, revenue operations, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market execution as president and chief revenue officer of Wilshire Indexes.

State Street continues to reshuffle its senior management team. Mostapha Tahiri, who was appointed enterprise chief operating officer in 2023, will become president of State Street Alpha, with responsibility for Alpha, Charles River Development, and other platform solutions, reporting to Ron O’Hanley, chairman and CEO of State Street. Tahiri will have end-to-end responsibility for Alpha…

BBH has launched a new technology affiliate, Braid LLC, focused on solving enterprise data transformation for financial services. Braid offers an AI-native data transformation platform that gives firms a scale solution to transform, connect and manage their data with confidence. Braid empowers teams to build, automate, and oversee reliable production-grade data transformations in a fraction…

Société Générale Securities Services has appointed Mathieu Maurier as chief business officer, with Thibaud de Luze succeeding him as country head of SGSS Luxembourg. Maurier will be responsible for leading SGSS’s global commercial strategy, supporting growth and further developing relationships with clients. Based in Paris, he retains his responsibilities as regional head for Ireland and…

Northern Trust has expanded its Singapore unit trust offering through a relationship with Perpetual (Asia) Limited. Together, the firms provide investment managers with access to a comprehensive servicing solution for Singapore unit trust structures, combining Northern Trust’s custody, fund administration and middle-office outsourcing capabilities with Perpetual’s trustee services. Perpetual (Asia) Limited is part of the…