BNY Mellon has on-boarded Liontrust Asset Management Plc, a UK asset manager, as the first end-to-end client on its new investment operations (middle office) platform. The new open architecture platform, which is still branded as OnCore, aims to improve automation and integration capabilities, and offer enhanced data management and control capabilities to institutional asset managers.…
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NTRS reports bump in UK pension fund assets
Northern Trust reports that AuC for UK pension funds grew by more than USD72bn in 2019. The bank provides custody and related services to more than 270 UK pension funds with collectively more than USD851bn AuC.
NTRS hires Sara Gilbert to head European alternatives bus dev
Northern Trust has hired Sara Gilbert as senior executive for alternatives business development in Europe. Based in Luxembourg, she reports to Douglas Gee, head of sales for EMEA. Gilbert joins from AltaReturn in Hong Kong. She previously held roles at SS&C, SunGard/FIS, PerTrac, Financial News and the Financial Times.
U.S. Bank wins two new mandates for Irish funds
Two new mandates for U.S. Bank in Ireland: Catalyst Capital Advisors, LLC has appointed U.S. Bank to provide fund administration and UCITS depositary services. The Carne Group will serve as the management company. New York-based Catalyst is an existing U.S. client, with USD14bn AuM. Iguana Investments has appointed U.S. Bank to provide fund administration and…
SGSS in France to provide local agency services for SLAM’s Lux funds
Swiss Life Asset Managers Luxembourg has mandated Société Générale Securities Services to take over its local representative agent (LRA) and local transfer agent (LTA) activities in France. This new mandate strengthens the partnership between the Swiss Life Group and SGSS. The LRA/LTA activity for Luxembourg funds distributed in France was previously carried out by Swiss…
Northern Trust to provide integrated trading solutions for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
18FEB20: Northern Trust has been appointed by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions package, including outsourced trading and middle office functionality, for a domestic equity portfolio managed internally by IMRF, the state’s second-largest public retirement plan. Northern Trust and IMRF have a more than 30-year relationship. Northern Trust provides global…
HSS upgrades m/o services to support Asian growth
HSBC Securities Services has enhanced its global middle office infrastructure and services to support asset manager middle office mandates, especially in Asia where it reports significant growth. The improvements cover trade management and settlement control services, as well as introducing a significantly enhanced investment book of record (IBOR) reporting capability. This is driven by a…
Citi’s Proxymity voting platform rolled out in Australia
Proxymity, Citi’s end-to-end proxy voting platform that directly connects the issuer and investor, has been rolled out in Australia. In collaboration with Computershare, Proxymity was deployed for 561 Australian shareholder meetings with votes covering AUSD86bn (USD58bn) of shares. The platform recorded vote transmission times of as low as 27.5 seconds for European investors that voted…
BP2S promotes Pat Hayes to global head of alternative investors
BNP Paribas Securities Services has made two key appointments. Pat Hayes, who joined in 2016 from State Street as regional head of UK and the Middle East, is promoted to global head of alternative investors, based in Dublin. He will report to Philippe Benoît, global head of strategic business development and transformation. The role has…
Arti Sharma leaves Northern Trust
Arti Sharma, president & CEO of Northern Trust Canada, has left the firm. Sharma joined Northern Trust in 2013. There is no word of her next move.