BNY Mellon has appointed Mark Militello as Japan country executive, subject to regulatory approval. He will continue as Asia Pacific head of markets and clearance and collateral management. He is currently based in Hong Kong and he will relocate to Japan. He replaces Doug Hymas, who is leaving the firm.
Category: Bank Providers
State Street launches peer-to-peer repo program
State Street has launched a new peer-to-peer repo program for the buy-side. The service aims to deliver competitive financing costs across a broader range of collateral types, as well as yield enhancement opportunities compared to traditional repo markets. State Street guarantees the payment obligations of cash borrowers to cash lenders within the program in the…
Northern Trust to service new Osmosis CCF in Ireland
Northern Trust has been selected by Osmosis Investment Management, a UK-based manager, to provide fund administration, global custody and depositary services for the Osmosis Resource Efficient Core Equity (ex-fossil fuels) Fund in a UCITS common contractual fund (CCF). The Osmosis UCITS CCF is supported by Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, which serves as its Irish-regulated…
State Street to administer VanEck’s bitcoin ETF
State Street has been appointed as the fund administrator and transfer agent of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust, a new bitcoin exchange-traded fund that is currently pending approval by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The trust is expected to be the first U.S.-listed ETF offering exposure to bitcoin. The trust’s investment objective is to reflect…
Northern Trust adds Venn to investment analytics suite
Northern Trust has entered into a strategic agreement with Two Sigma to offer Venn, a cloud-based investment analytics platform, to its clients. Venn by Two Sigma will help Northern Trust provide asset allocators with enhanced portfolio insights and analytics designed to help investment teams make more confident asset allocation, manager selection and quantitatively driven investment…
State Street strikes first FICC sponsored repo trade with ICE Clear
State Street has completed the first trade with ICE Clear U.S., a clearing house owned by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., as a sponsored member counterparty. This deal comes after ICE signed on as a sponsored member of State Street within the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) Sponsored Repo Program. State Street has USD150bn in sponsored repo…
HSBC moves Corda to Google Cloud
In what is believed to be an industry first, HSBC has moved Corda Enterprise, the blockchain platform developed by R3, on to Google Cloud. The move aims to cut client onboarding times from months to weeks, improving the client experience and significantly reducing costs. Moving the Corda technology to Google Cloud gives the bank the…
BlackRock to transfer ETF assets from State Street
State Street has confirmed that, following a review, it expects BlackRock to move a “significant portion of its ETF assets currently with State Street to one or more other providers, pending necessary approvals”. The transition is expected to begin in 2022 but will principally occur in 2023. In 2017 BlackRock moved USD1trn of common trust…
ARAG chooses AssetMetrix for alts investment analytics
AssetMetrix, the German fintech in which BNP Paribas has a stake, has been appointed by ARAG, the German insurance group, for the expansion of digital back and middle office processes for its alternative investments portfolio. ARAG will use AssetMetrix’s portal-based platform to analyse its investment decisions based on tools for performance, risk management, benchmarking and…
Nordea to recommend Citi as it exits Nordic sub-custody business
Citi and Nordea have finalised an agreement where Nordea will recommend its existing clients appoint Citi as their new provider of sub-custody services in the region. This follows a decision by Nordea to exit the Nordic sub-custody business. As a result of this agreement, Citi expects to significantly grow its market share in the Nordics.…