Waystone, the UK-based provider of specialist services to the asset management industry, has appointed Kevin Schrader as senior sales director of Waystone ETFs. He joins from Boston Partners Global Investors where he was responsible for the wholesale distribution of active value equity strategies in the UK. Waystone ETFs, which is led by CEO Paul Heffernan…
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BNY wins ETH ETP mandates
BNY has been appointed as administrator for seven of the nine ETH ETPs approved for trading in the U.S. in July. BlackRock (ETHA), Bitwise (ETHW), Grayscale (ETHE & ETH), Franklin Templeton (EZET), 21shares (CETH), and Invesco Galaxy (QETH) have named BNY as the cash custodian, transfer agent, and administrator, providing administrative, tax and accounting services,…
Northern Trust hires in Singapore
Northern Trust has hired Kai Jebens as head of client development, Southeast Asia, and Chris Vera as senior digital solutions consultant, APAC, for its asset servicing business. Both are based in Singapore. Jebens previously held positions at Collibra, BNY, and FIS, inter alia. Vera previously worked at BlackRock, AIA, and BNY, amongst others.
Northern Trust promotes Hamilton
Northern Trust has promoted Ian Hamilton, currently head of asset owners UK, to head of asset owners for Europe, a newly created role. Hamilton joined Northern Trust in 2016 from State Street.
Zodia partners with Deribit
Zodia Custody has partnered with Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange by volume, to expand its Interchange network. Institutional clients will be able to access derivatives liquidity while their assets remain in Zodia Custody’s segregated cold wallets.
Arcesium opens in Lisbon
Arcesium, the J.P. Morgan-backed provider of investment services, has opened an office in Lisbon, Portugal.
IQ-EQ hires Swiss sales director
IQ-EQ has appointed Florent Michel as its sales director Switzerland, based in Geneva. He joins from SGSS.
State Street wins ETH ETF mandates
State Street has been appointed as a service provider by two issuers of the recently-approved ETH spot ETFs in the U.S. VanEck (ETHV) and Fidelity (FETH) have selected State Street to provide cash custody, fund accounting, transfer agency, basket services and electronic order taking.
Trovata links to Fund Connect
Trovata, the U.S.-based provider of an API-powered platform for managing cash & liquidity, has integrated the platform with State Street’s Fund Connect. This integration will enable joint clients to access Fund Connect as a third-party investing and trading tool with access to over 25 leading fund managers, from the Trovata platform. Trovata helps businesses to…
Citi to support new Eurizon ETF
Eurizon SLJ Capital, the UK-based investment manager of Eurizon, the asset management company of Intesa Sanpaolo with EUR384bn (USD418bn) AuM, has launched its first Ireland-domiciled actively managed ETF with Connect ETFs, a new ETF platform connecting asset managers with leading ETF service providers. The platform uses Carne Global Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited as ManCo and…