Citi has hired Christopher Morin as global head of middle office and performance. He reports to Mike Hughes, head of fund services for Citi’s securities services business. He is based in Boston. He joins Citi from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently head of middle office product for the americas and global head of…
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Pirum shakes up C-suite
Pirum, a fintech focused on securities finance and collateral management, has appointed Mark Hale as CEO. He replaces Phil Morgan, who has decided to transition from his current role into an advisory position. Hale will be based in the New York office but will be present in the London head office on a regular basis.…
HSBC promotes Fenocchi
HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as global head of sales for the securities services business. He has had a long career with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, issuer services and, most recently, as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He replaces Alexis Meissner,…
Slater in new role at Northern Trust
Northern Trust has appointed Michael Slater as executive, financial institutions group. Based in London, Slater is responsible for managing FI relationships across EMEA. He reports to Camie West, global head of FIG. He relocates from Riyadh, KSA, where he was executive director for ME&A.
2Xideas adds to Northern Trust mandate
2Xideas AG has expanded its relationship with Northern Trust to include Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS). The Switzerland-based investment firm, with c. USD2bn in AuM, first appointed Northern Trust in 2022 as the firm’s fund accounting, financial reporting, transfer agency, custody, and depositary services provider. The firm currently manages four funds and several managed accounts, which…
SimCorp hires from CRD
SimCorp has hired Jason Pietrafitta as head of customer success for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He was previously at CRD, a State Street company.
JTC to acquire Citi Trust
JTC, the C.I.-based services provider, plans to acquire Citi Trust, the global fiduciary and trust administration services business, from Citigroup. Citi Trust provides trust solutions from New York, Delaware, South Dakota, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland and the Bahamas. Total AuA serviced by Citi Trust is >USD70bn across over 2,000 UHNW client relationships, with an average tenure…
Northern Trust launches carbon credits trading platform
Northern Trust has launched the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem with the first live transactions on the blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. The transactions were initiated by Water Recovery Systems IP Limited and CUT Carbon Distributed Technologies AG, which sold carbon credits to institutional buyers for…
Northern Trust launches APAC FI desk
Northern Trust has launched its Integrated Trading Solutions fixed income outsourced trading capability in APAC, provided through Northern Trust Securities in Australia. Northern Trust now offers 24/6 fixed income trading coverage from desks based in Chicago, London and Sydney.
Northern Trust makes senior management changes
Northern Trust has announced a number of leadership changes, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Pete Cherecwich, president of asset servicing, will become chief operating officer. In this newly created role, Cherecwich will focus on ensuring operational excellence and resiliency, effective risk management and controls, and scalable growth. Teresa Parker will defer her previously announced retirement and…