BNY Mellon has appointed Cathinka Wahlstrom as chief commercial officer. In this capacity, she will lead the bank’s Global Client Management function, and will also take on a leadership role for coordinating and maximising the contributions of its sales and relationship management teams across the company. Ed Fandrey, who was hired as head of global…
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BNY Mellon hires new custody chief
BNY Mellon has hired Ryan Cuthbertson as global head of custody services. He reports to Emily Portney, CEO of asset servicing. Cuthbertson was most recently head of product for custody and clearing at Standard Chartered. Cuthbertson replaces Caroline Butler, who will now focus on her role as CEO of digital assets. Butler has been running…
Vistra hires industry veteran for UK PERE role
Vistra, the Asia-based administrator, has hired David Page as UK business development director for private equity and real estate. He was most recently in the alternatives business development team at BNY Mellon.
BNY Mellon and FRT expand agreement
BNY Mellon has expanded its 2021 agreement with Financial Recovery Technologies (FRT), a global securities class actions recovery provider, to cover North American class action filing and recovery service, including broader access to comprehensive non-U.S. alerts for global markets. Headquartered in the U.S., FRT has more than 2,500 institutional clients worldwide who deploy FRT’s class…
BNY Mellon hires head of digital assets product
BNY Mellon has hired Max de Guillebon as head of digital assets product. He recently stepped down as CEO of Zodia Custody, the UK-headquartered digital assets custodian owned by SC Ventures in association with Northern Trust.
DTCC hires new CFO from State Street
Renee LaRoche-Morris has joined DTCC as CFO. She comes from State Street, which she joined in 2021 as chief of staff to the COO and chief administrative officer of shared services. She then transitioned to head the integration management office for State Street’s acquisition of BBH’s investor services business. Prior to State Street, LaRoche-Morris was…
BNY Mellon opens Poland branch
The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, BNY Mellon‘s European Bank, has established a new branch in Poland. From April 2023, the branch in Wroclaw will support the work of the European Bank and other BNY Mellon legal entities delivering administrative and operational support services. BNY Mellon has had a presence in Wroclaw since 2010.…
Pirum extends connectivity with BNY Mellon
Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has extended its connectivity with BNY Mellon through its collateral management platform, CollateralConnect, to allow mutual clients to self-direct triparty collateral allocations using its optimisation algorithm. By leveraging Pirum’s existing market-wide connectivity, the platform now offers a full front-to-back solution to support enterprise-wide optimization across fixed income, securities finance and derivatives.…
BNY Mellon appoints global head of operations
BNY Mellon has hired Richard Gordon as global head of operations. Based in the UK, Gordon will report to Alejandro Perez, who recently assumed overall oversight responsibility for operations in addition to his existing role as CAO. Gordon was most recently global head of securities services operations and network management at J.P. Morgan, where he…
Broadridge hires from BNY Mellon
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Wout Kalis as head of Asia Pacific for Broadridge Asset Management Solutions. Kalis will be responsible for advancing Broadridge’s strategic asset management priorities in Asia, driving revenue growth and product expansion. He will oversee day-to-day operations and provide senior asset management leadership in the region. Most recently, he was regional…