Arcesium, the U.S.-based administrator that claims to have USD675bn AuA, has expanded its India-based operations with a new office in Delhi NCR. The Delhi office will initially have over 300 employees and is expected to triple in size to 1,000 employees over the next two years. The office will be located in DLF Cyber Park,…
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Northern Trust continues automation push for alts business
Northern Trust has partnered with Accelex, a UK-based fintech, to provide asset owners with new capabilities for handling unstructured data. The improvements complement other AI-powered data extraction capabilities that Northern Trust has developed in house for its alternative asset servicing business and for clients of its Front Office Solutions platform. Leveraging Accelex technology, Northern Trust…
U.S. Bank wins WisdomTree BTC ETF mandate
WisdomTree, the U.S.-based ETP specialist with USD75bn AuM, has appointed U.S. Bank as service provider for its proposed Bitcoin Trust ETF, which is currently under review by the SEC.
Sandie O’Connor joins BNY Mellon’s board
BNY Mellon’s board of directors has elected Sandie O’Connor as an independent director. With the addition of O’Connor, the board will have 13 directors, 12 of whom are independent. O’Connor retired as the chief regulatory affairs officer for JPMorgan Chase, where she set the firm’s regulatory strategy and led engagement with G-20 policymakers. Prior to…
RBC hires new head of client operations
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has hired Paul Burd as managing director, global head of client operations. Burd will be based in Luxembourg, reporting to Francis Jackson, head of RBC I&TS. Most recently, Burd was the COO of Six Digital Exchange. Prior to joining SDX, Burd held a variety of roles at HSBC, Goldman Sachs,…
SGSS supports BTC ETF launched by Melanion Capital
Melanion Capital, a French asset management company regulated by the AMF, has launched a bitcoin ETF under the UCITS banner. The Melanion BTC Equities Universe UCITS ETF was launched on Euronext in October 2021 Melanion worked with SGSS throughout the planning and product design phase, which took two years, and subsequently appointed the bank as…
Northern Trust launches climate risk reporting service
Northern Trust has enhanced its ESG investment analytics to deliver new climate risk reporting for global institutional investor clients. The Climate Focus Report, part of Northern Trust’s ESG Insights suite of reporting solutions, offers clients a range of carbon metrics, physical risk and transition risk detail at the portfolio level. These include detailed emissions information,…
BNY Mellon adds senior RM in EMEA
Costas Tsilogiannis has joined BNY Mellon in a senior client relationship management role in EMEA. He was previously at SS&C Advent.
Citi wins lion’s share of BlackRock’s iShares rebalancing
Citi has emerged as the major winner in BlackRock’s rebalancing of its provider panel for the USD2.3trn iShares’ assets in U.S.-domiciled ETFs. The decision is the culmination of a nearly two year-long due diligence process with the selection of four of the leading custody banks to support the growth of U.S. iShares ETFs and strengthen…
BlueBox appoints Northern Trust for USD1bn Lux SICAV
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide fund administration, depositary, global custody and its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) to BlueBox Asset Management’s Luxembourg-domiciled BlueBox Global Technology Fund. Headquartered in Switzerland, BlueBox Asset Management was established in 2017. Its BlueBox Global Technology Fund (SICAV) has grown assets under management to more than USD1bn. The fund invests…