State Street has been appointed by Thornburg Investment Management to provide end to end servicing support for Thornburg’s new ETF share classes. Thornburg is a privately owned investment firm with c. USD57bn AuM. Under the expanded mandate, State Street will deliver ETF servicing for Thornburg’s new share classes, including custody, accounting, ETF basket creation, create…
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Dimensional appoints State Street
State Street has been appointed as service provider for Dimensional Fund Advisors’ newly approved ETF share class structure. This is the first in the U.S. under SEC’s final exemptive relief, allowing Dimensional to introduce ETF share classes within its actively-managed mutual fund lineup. State Street will provide end-to-end service support, including custody, fund accounting, ETF…
Citi wins USD4trn iShares MO mandate
BlackRock has appointed Citi to provide middle office functions for USD4trn in U.S.-domiciled iShares ETFs on the Aladdin platform. The integrated operating model streamlines the lifecycle of an ETF order, offering enhanced transparency into basket composition, order status, and settlement. In 2021 Citi won a USD920bn ETF servicing mandate from BlackRock as the manager rebalanced…
Aztec hires CTO
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based provider of private markets services, has appointed Jason Adams as chief technology officer. He was previously CTO at Charles River Development, a State Street company.
Donohue to head Americas asset servicing for Northern Trust
Northern Trust has appointed Jessica Donohue has been appointed as head of asset servicing, Americas. In her new role, Donohue will report to Clive Bellows, co-president of Northern Trust’s asset servicing business. Donohue joined Northern Trust in September 2025 as global head of product management for asset servicing. Before joining Northern Trust, she held senior…
CRD expands PA support
Charles River Development, a State Street company, plans to expand its support of private market assets within the unified managed accounts capabilities. The offer aims to provide a streamlined and integrated solution with advanced portfolio management capabilities across public and private assets within a single portfolio. The expanded solution is intended to address the administrative…
State Street to link with QNB
State Street and QNB Group plan to form a strategic alliance to introduce a new custody servicing model in Qatar. Under this co-operation agreement, State Street and QNB Group have agreed to collaborate, with service agreements to be finalized and executed at a later date. QNB has USD65bn AuC.
State Street launches digital assets platform
State Street has belatedly launched a digital assets platform, which includes wallet management, custody and cash capabilities, designed to support tokenised product development across jurisdictions covering both private and public permissioned blockchain networks. State Street’s digital asset strategy has stuttered ever since Nadine Chakar, global head of digital assets, left in 2022 after barely a…
Coleman moves to LSEG from State Street
LSEG, the UK-based financial markets infrastructure and data provider, has appointed Chris Coleman as group head of sales and account management. Based in Boston, he reports to David Schwimmer, CEO. He joined from State Street, where he was most recently head of global client coverage.
State Street hires head of strategic transformation
State Street has hired Mark Wightman as head of strategic transformation, based in the UK. He was most recently at EY.