Enfusion, a provider of software SaaS solutions for investment managers, has appointed Arman Artuc as head of engineering and Jesper Cordes to head of client services Americas. Artuc was previously global head of liquidity technologies at Instinet. In his new position he will partner with newly appointed chief product officer Chris Sturhahn, who joined from…
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State Street expands LatAm presence
State Street has appointed Maria Ximena Vasquez Barbosa as regional sales head for Latin America & Caribbean. She will also spearhead its move into Mexico. She will be based in Mexico City, reporting to Oliver Berger, head of emerging growth markets for State Street. State Street has established operations in Colombia, Chile and Peru. Barbosa…
WisdomTree returns to BNY
BNY has been appointed by WisdomTree to provide custody, accounting, fund administration, ETF services and securities lending across its U.S.-listed ETFs, covering USD80.7bn AuM. BNY has also been awarded fund accounting and administration of WisdomTree’s Bitcoin ETF and suite of tokenised funds. The outgoing provider is State Street, which took the mandate from BNY over…
Finbourne hires COO
Finbourne Technology, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Francesca Lubbock as chief operating officer. She will oversee Finbourne’s day-to-day operations, focusing on scaling business processes, optimising performance, and driving strategic initiatives to enhance client satisfaction and operational excellence. She was previously in private practice.
Altered takes stake in ZILO
Altered Capital has become a significant shareholder in ZILO, the UK-based technology company currently specialising in transfer agency and the investor experience. Altered has acquired a 6.5pct stake from several early seed investors. Altered joins other investors in ZILO, including Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Portage, State Street and Citi.
Aztec hires for U.S.
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired two seniors for its U.S. business. Sadrack Belony joins as head of U.S. investor services, and Megan MacAniff joins as head of U.S. client solutions. Belony will lead and grow the investor services team and functionality, including investor services, corporate services, and treasury and banking. He has previously…
AmerX deploys SFCM
Americas Executions (AmerX), a full-service broker-dealer, has implemented Broadridge’s Securities Finance and Collateral Management (SFCM) platform to support its newly launched securities lending business. SFCM will enable AmerX to manage its securities lending operations, including collateral management, trade lifecycle management and risk assessment.
Pirum links with BNPP
Pirum, the UK fintech for securities finance automation and collateral management, has connected its exposure and collateral management solutions to BNP Paribas’ securities services business. As a result of the collaboration, mutual clients of BNPP’s triparty collateral services and Pirum now gain automated exposure and collateral management processing visibility, efficiency and transparency across their securities…
JTC supports Norlantic fund launch
Norlantic Capital, a U.S.-based private markets firm, has established Norlantic ICAV, an umbrella ICAV authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a QIAIF with segregated liability between sub-funds. Norlantic ICAV is an AIF. Norlantic ICAV is managed by JTC Global AIFM Solutions (Ireland) Limited.
BR launches eFront Provider
BlackRock has launched eFront Provider, designed to enable asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience, complete with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund and investment data. eFront Provider complements BlackRock’s widely used fund administration, investor servicing and data management capabilities for private markets asset servicers. Apex has been onboarded…