Rafael Moral Santiago is to join the SIX Group executive board as head of securities services. He left HSBC in 2024 and has also worked at Deutsche Bank.
Category: Bank Providers
Schroders appoints BNPP
BNP Paribas has won a mandate from Schroders, on behalf of Future Growth Capital, a private markets business formed by Phoenix Group and Schroders to provide UK pension schemes with access to UK and global private markets. BNP Paribas will provide fund administration, global custody and loan administration services in the launches of two new…
Stillabower joins Euroclear Bank board
Paul Stillabower has been appointed as an independent, non-executive board member of Euroclear Bank SA/NV. He will also be risk committee chair. Stillabower has a storied career in the investor services industry, having worked at HSBC and, most recently, RBC before the acquisition of its investor services business by CACEIS. He remains based in the…
NTRS wins LTAF mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide Partners Group with fund administration, depositary, and banking services for its first LTAF. Based in Switzerland, Partners Group is one of the largest firms in the private markets industry with over USD150bn AuM. The new LTAF, the Partners Group Generations Private Credit LTAF, focuses on providing defined contribution…
Citi & SDX collaborate on private assets
Citi and SDX are collaborating on a project for global issuers and investors. Citi will be tokenising, settling and safekeeping assets on SDX’s digital CSD platform and will bring late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible investors on the platform. Expected to be live by the third quarter of 2025, Citi and SDX are developing…
Northern Trust joins Ensemble
Northern Trust has joined Project Ensemble, a Hong Kong Monetary Authority initiative, to help develop an experimental framework for cross-border trading of digital carbon credits. The collaboration aims to explore how overseas investors can access tokenised voluntary carbon credits traded in Hong Kong. The project will be supported by the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem, a…
FINBOURNE hires chairman
FINBOURNE, the UK-based provider of investment technology, has appointed Toby Glaysher as chairman of the board, alongside the formation of a new advisory board. Glaysher recently retired after a 37-year career at Northern Trust, most recently serving as president of global fund services. Northern Trust signed a major deal with FINBOURNE in 2024.
Ultimus hires fund services chief
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has appointed Teresa Connors as executive vice president, fund services. Connors will oversee the fund accounting, financial administration, tax, and portfolio compliance teams. She was most recently at State Street.
BNY granted RHQ licence in KSA
BNY has been granted a regional headquarters (RHQ) licence by the Ministry of Investments in Saudi Arabia. The RHQ in Riyadh will provide strategic, administrative and corporate services for BNY in the Middle East. BNY’s existing asset servicing solutions delivered for clients in Saudi Arabia include global custody services, global risk solutions, custody FX, and…
State Street hires new CFO
State Street has appointed John Woods to CFO. Woods, who will join State Street in late August, succeeds Mark Keating, who has served as interim CFO following the 2024 departure of Eric Aboaf, vice chairman and CFO, who left to join S&P Global. Upon joining State Street, Woods will report to Ron O’Hanley, State Street’s…