Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide triparty collateral management and global custody services for its non-UK assets. The selection of BP2S’s triparty collateral management services helps Nationwide meet its obligations under Wave 5 of the initial margin rules. These require financial institutions to post collateral to back…
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BP2S upgrades triparty collateral management service
BNP Paribas Securities Services has upgraded its triparty collateral management service to support synthetic securitisation and collateralised note structures, bringing greater operational efficiency and protection to those structures. The service will enable the proceeds of notes issuance to be transformed through securities finance transactions – or a cash loan secured with securities – efficiently and…
AssetMetrix opens in Lux
AssetMetrix, the Germany-based fintech in which BNP Paribas has a strategic stake, has opened an office in Luxembourg. Alexander Wedlich has joined AssetMetrix as head of business development for Luxembourg, Belgium and France. Wedlich has worked at Credit Suisse, RBC, CACEIS, Clearstream Banking and BNY Mellon.
State Street expands relationship with ANIMA
State Street has entered into an agreement with ANIMA SGR, the independent Italian asset manager with EUR198bn (USD232bn) AuM, to provide front office IT platform solutions and back-office administration services for certain ANIMA institutional and retail managed accounts (s.c. gestioni patrimoniali). Services provided by State Street in Italy cover approximately EUR24bn (USD28bn) AuM for retail…
BNP Paribas granted QFI licence in China
BNP Paribas has been granted a licence to provide custody services for China’s Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) scheme. BNP Paribas can now directly support foreign institutional investors across the full scope of schemes, allowing access to China’s equities and bond markets, in addition to providing FX services. BNP Paribas China Limited was one of the…
BP2S makes two senior offshore sales appointments
BNP Paribas Securities Services has made two business development appointments for its offshore business. Linda Lamri is appointed head of sales for Luxembourg. She joined BNP Paribas Securities Services in 2003 and was most recently head of relationship management for Luxembourg. She will report to Robert Van Kerkhoff, head of Luxembourg and Ireland. Joy Kiely…
Manaos onboards two ESG data providers
BNP Paribas Securities Services’ ESG marketplace, Manaos, has onboarded two new partners – Util and V.E., part of Moody’s ESG Solutions – to supplement its sustainability data and analytics offering. Now live on Manaos, Util’s machine learning models quantify the degree to which every listed company positively and negatively impacts the 17 UN SDGs and…
BP2S appoints Paul Daly to head distribution products & solutions
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Paul Daly as head of distribution products and solutions. Daly will be responsible for developing and promoting fund distribution products for institutional fund buyers and fund promoters. He will also drive the development of BP2S’s transfer agency solutions. He was previously head of territory for Ireland at BP2S. Based…
Alter Domus hires Angela Summonte to head new asset owners business
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Angela Maria Summonte as global head of asset owners. Based in Germany, she will lead the development of the newly launched asset owners business line. Summonte was previously with BNP Paribas.
BNP Paribas opens sub-custody business in Chile
BNP Paribas has established a sub-custody business in Chile, adding to existing Latin American operations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. As part of the deal, BNP Paribas has become a direct participant in Chile’s central securities depository, Depósito Central de Valores. BNP Paribas’ proprietary network has now expanded to 27 markets.