U.S. Bank has appointed Scott Ostrowski as senior product manager for accounting, administration & TA within the Global Fund Services team, based in Milwaukee. He has been at the bank for more than 19 years.
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HSBC hires senior funds expert from Citi
Conor Hession has joined HSBC as global head of fund accounting & ETF services, based in Hong Kong. He joins from Citi, where he spent 28 years, most recently as an MD responsible for fund services product management & development across APAC.
U.S. Bank wins stablecoin custody mandate
U.S. Bank has been selected to serve as the custodian for reserves backing Anchorage Digital Bank’s payment stablecoins. Anchorage Digital Bank is the only crypto-native bank in the U.S. to hold a federal charter, operating under the direct oversight of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Anchorage Digital Bank launched its stablecoin issuance…
BNPP supports innovative Spanish fund
Azvalor, the Spanish asset manager, has launched its first tokenised investment fund, within the regulatory sandbox of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). This project, developed jointly with Allfunds Blockchain and BNP Paribas acting as depositary bank and fund administrator, introduces an alternative distribution model for UCITS funds. The fund, Azvalor Blockchain FI, represents a structural innovation…
NTRS appoints global head of TA
Northern Trust has appointed Josh Lovell as global head of TA and investor servicing. Based in Boston, he reports to Nadia Ivanova, head of accounting and fund services. He previously spent 10 years at State Street.
Slavin moves to new ETF role at BNY
BNY has appointed Ben Slavin to the newly created role of industry head of ETFs, where he will work across the firm to shape priorities and drive alignment with the firm’s global enterprise ETF commercial strategy. BNY created this role to accelerate continued growth in the ETF sector. BNY currently services >USD3trn in ETF assets,…
U.S. Bank hires from JPM for ETFs
Keith Orlen has joined U.S. Bank’s global fund services product team as a senior product manager for ETFs, based in Boston. He was previously at J.P. Morgan and also spent 20 years at BBH.
BNPP hires SG’s Guerin
A major coup for BNP Paribas, which has hired Mathilde Guerin as head of industrial transformation. Based in Paris, she reports to Fabrice Silberzan, COO for securities services at BNP Paribas, whom she succeeds in this role. Guerin previously held a number of senior roles within SGSS before spending a short time as deputy head…
Nangle steps down from State Street
After 22 years at State Street, Gavin Nangle is leaving the firm. Based in Dublin, Nangle was most recently head of EMEA offshore business origination.
BNPP wins Allianz UK mandate
BNP Paribas been awarded a mandate from Allianz UK to provide a range of asset services in the UK, including global custody, agency securities lending, auto FX, CLS and cash services. The onboarding process has now been completed. This mandate builds on the existing partnership with Allianz in core markets including Germany, Italy and Belgium.