Pictet Asset Management has appointed BBH to support its newly launched active UCITS ETFs in Europe as fund depositary, global custodian, and fund administrator. The launch marks Pictet Asset Management’s entry into the active ETF market and extends the firm’s long-standing relationship with BBH. In 2025 Pictet appointed BBH to support its first three U.S.-domiciled…
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CACEIS hires for senior PERE role
Romain Mifsud has joined CACEIS as global head of coverage for PERES and financing solutions, based in Paris. He was previously at IQ-EQ and also spent nearly six years at SGSS.
Citi supports Global X ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) Limited, together with Citi’s investor services unit and OSL Group, have launched a tokenised unit class for the Global X HSCEI Covered Call Active ETF (3416), marking the first covered call ETF in Hong Kong to introduce a tokenised unit class.
First Sentier adds to NT mandate
First Sentier Group has appointed Northern Trust as fund administrator and depositary for its Irish fund, the First Sentier Investors Global Umbrella Fund Plc. Northern Trust will provide custody, depositary, fund accounting and transfer agency for the USD14bn Irish fund structure.
Citi launches Custody+
Citi has launched Custody+, a suite of near- and real-time solutions to meet always-on industry demand. The announcement comes as the bank completes the U.S. rollout of its patented Single Event Processing (SEP) technology, a milestone in the transformation of its custody infrastructure. Custody+ will process every asset servicing transaction through a single seamless flow…
Pirum hires from HSBC
Pirum, the fintech specialising in securities finance and collateral management, has hired Jennifer Falco to strengthen its North American operations. Falco joins from HSBC, where she spent nearly seven years as an equity finance and Delta One sales specialist in New York.
NT hires AO sales executive
Northern Trust’s asset servicing business has hired Ambrice Miller as head of sales, asset owners, EMEA, based in the UK. She joins from FTSE Russell.
Aegon expands with Citi
Aegon Asset Management has expanded its longstanding relationship with Citi with a USD380bn middle office mandate. Citi has added performance measurement and accounting services to its offerings on the Aladdin platform, extending the breadth of its middle office offering to include full IBOR services, trade management and settlement and performance measurement via Aladdin Accounting. The…
First Sentier expands with NT
Northern Trust has expanded its relationship with First Sentier Group, being appointed as fund administrator for First Sentier Investors Global Growth Funds, a Singapore unit trust offering. Under the mandate, Northern Trust will provide custody, fund accounting and transfer agency services. The move represents an expansion of a broader global relationship which began in 2006.
NT signs with Lukka
Northern Trust has entered into an agreement with Lukka to deliver a digital asset reporting capability. Lukka provides institutional-grade digital asset data infrastructure, software, and analytics. Under the agreement, Northern Trust will leverage Lukka’s platform to support connectivity across >100 blockchains and >400 centralised exchange and decentralised exchange sources, along with custodians, OTC desks, wallets,…