J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), which has USD2.6trn AuM, has selected J.P. Morgan’s securities services division, part of the corporate & investment bank, to support a new global operations model using its investment middle office services capabilities. JPMAM is commencing a multi-year initiative to implement this model, which includes the provision of middle office services,…
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State Street to support new VanEck Bitcoin ETF
VanEck, the U.S.-based manager with USD82.2bn AuM, has announced the imminent launch of its VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF), an actively managed ETF that seeks capital appreciation by investing in standardised, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. XBTF is expected to list on Cboe on November 16, 2021. XBTF is the first ETF in VanEck’s suite of…
BNY Mellon adds MSCI ESG ratings to collateral management
Collateral management clients using BNY Mellon‘s electronic collateral schedule manager, RULE, now have the capability to digitally express their ESG preferences by leveraging ESG ratings and indexes. The firm’s U.S. clients are able to take advantage of these same ESG eligibility capabilities by updating their schedules using current U.S. methodology. The functionality draws on MSCI…
Clearwater hires new head of private assets
Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has appointed Jonathan Flitt as global head of private assets. In this capacity, he leads product management, strategy, and execution to deliver platform capabilities and solutions that provide total portfolio transparency for the private markets space. Flitt joins from BNY Mellon, where…
Northern Trust deploys ML to research for asset allocators
Northern Trust has launched a feature within its Front Office Solutions business that uses machine learning to help asset allocators gain better control of their research process. The new feature leverages knowledge of a user’s past behaviour to tag research management documents with intelligently suggested attributes before uploading them to the Front Office Solutions platform.…
Indea appoints BP2S for VCC servicing
Indea Capital Partners has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide services to its sub-fund set-up under Singapore’s Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure. Indea is a Singapore-registered fund manager focused on advising clients on alternative investments. As part of the mandate, BP2S will provide Indea with global custody, hedge fund administration, investor services and financial…
BetaShares hires Citi for custody & fund admin
Citi has been appointed by BetaShares, an Australian fund manager, as provider of custody and fund administration services. BetaShares is said to manage the broadest range of ETFs in the Australian market, with AUSD21bn (USD15.5bn) AuM. In Australia, Citi has added 24 new clients in the past 18 months, primarily as a result of a…
BNP Paribas signs PB client referral agreement with Credit Suisse
BNP Paribas has signed a referral agreement with Credit Suisse to support its prime services and derivatives clearing clients in their selection of alternative providers after Credit Suisse announced its exit from the prime services business. This follows BNPP’s 2019 agreement to acquire Deutsche Bank’s electronic equities and prime brokerage business.
Clayton Da Silva joins FAB in senior client management role
Clayton Da Silva has joined First Abu Dhabi Bank as head of securities services client management, based in Abu Dhabi. He was previously at Northern Trust, and has also worked for J.P. Morgan and BBH.
Cesar Estrada joins Arcesium
Cesar Estrada has joined Arcesium, a U.S.-based fintech and administrator that is partly backed by J.P. Morgan, as its private markets segment head. He was previously at State Street.