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…
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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.
HSS appointed as global custodian for China’s Tianhong AM
HSBC Securities Services has been appointed as global custodian for the qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) fund launched by Tianhong Asset Management Company, one of the largest asset management companies in China. The QDII fund is China’s first dedicated mutual fund providing access for Chinese domestic investors to the Vietnamese capital market.
Northern Trust deploys IHS Markit’s technology for syndicated bank loans
Northern Trust has automated processing of the full trade settlement lifecycle for syndicated bank loans through integration with IHS Markit’s ClearPar Custodian Services Messaging capability. Designed to deliver trade data in a standardised format via secured communications, this service increases scalability and efficiency while reducing the risks inherent in a manual trade settlement process. The…
HSBC settles first interest swap trade in China by foreign institutional investor
HSBC in China has facilitated the first interest rate swap trade by an overseas institutional investor through the central counterparty clearing model in the China interbank market. This new channel allows HSBC’s international clients to tap into the world’s second largest bond market while also adding to their risk mitigation capabilities. HSBC acted as the…
BNY Mellon shakes up asset servicing management team
BNY Mellon has announced a major reorganisation of its asset servicing senior management team. Hani Kablawi, previously CEO of asset servicing, will become head of international, which includes the bank’s regional management teams across EMEA, APAC and LATAM. In addition, he will remain chairman of EMEA, and will retain oversight of client coverage for asset…
HSS hires Frederic Van Ingelgom for bus dev role in Lux
HSBC Securities Services has hired Frederic Van Ingelgom as head of business development & client management for asset owners & managers in Luxembourg. He will report to Paul Heffernan, head of business development & client management, asset manager sector, HSS Europe, and Niccolo Polli, chief executive officer, HSBC Luxembourg. He joins from BBH where he…