Northern Trust has been selected by Westwood Holdings Group to provide outsourced trading through its Integrated Trading Solutions service. In this role, Northern Trust will assume responsibility for equity and fixed income trading and middle office trade settlement support for the USD12bn asset manager.
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HQLAx secures new funding for collateral platform
HQLAᵡ, the Luxembourg-based fintech provider, has secured EUR14.4m Series B funding from BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Citigroup and its existing shareholder, Deutsche Börse. The funding will be used to accelerate the core premise of the HQLAᵡ platform – helping the industry address European collateral fragmentation by extending its connectivity to leading…
Arti Sharma resurfaces at MJ Hudson Amaces
Arti Sharma has joined MJ Hudson Amaces, the FX and custodian benchmarking service, as a managing director, based in Canada. Sharma was one of the leading names in the North American custody industry before she stepped down from her role as president and CEO of Northern Trust Canada in 2020. She was also an executive…
State Street joins industry collaboration on new ops tech for asset managers
PIMCO, Man Group, IHS Markit, State Street, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company have announced their intention to form a new UK-based technology-led company, HUB, to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology. The company selected Microsoft as its technology platform provider to empower HUB to develop its asset management operating…
U.S. Bank acquires debt servicing & securities custody services client portfolio of MUFG Union Bank
U.S. Bank has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the debt servicing and securities custody services client portfolio of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Under the terms of the agreement, U.S. Bank will acquire approximately 600 client relationships and USD320bn AuC/A. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to…
Northern Trust wins MO mandate for FSI in Australia
Northern Trust has been appointed by First Sentier Investors (previously First State Investments), an Australia-based global asset manager with >AUD200bn (USD156bn) AuM, to provide middle office outsourcing services. FSI was acquired in 2019 by Mitsubishi UFJ from Commonwealth Bank.
BNY Mellon hires two seniors for asset servicing
BNY Mellon had added two senior executives to its global asset servicing business. Neal Chansky has joined as global head of consultant relations. He will report directly to Christine Gill, head of commercial development for asset servicing. He joins from Olmstead Associates, an investment management consulting firm. Prior to this, Chansky spent over thirty years…
Citi & HSBC facilitate first QFII MF&SS transactions in China
Both Citi and HSBC have announced their facilitation of margin financing and short selling transactions in China on the first day that offshore investors have been allowed to participate in MF&SS transactions on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges under the QFII scheme. Both banks have been market leaders in supporting global investors through the…
Aberdeen Standard expands TA relationship with SS&C/IFDS
Aberdeen Standard Investments, the UK-based asset manager with AuM of c. USD562bn, has extended its transfer agency relationship with SS&C and IFDS to its Luxembourg division. SS&C will provide BPO and global transfer agency services to Aberdeen Standard Investments Luxembourg S.A., with local support from IFDS, a JV between SS&C and State Street. Aberdeen Standard…
Coremont hires Michele Deely as head of sales and client relations
Coremont, which was spun out from Brevan Howard in 2018, has hired Michele Deely as head of sales and client relations. Deely spent 17 years at IFS, a State Street company. State Street signed a deal with Coremont earlier in 2020 to provide an integrated front-to-back service for hedge fund managers.