NAV Fund Services has been selected as fund administrator for the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund (SWEEP), a tokenised private liquidity fund launched in May by State Street Investment Management and Galaxy. SWEEP includes Anchorage as digital custodian for stablecoin investments, Galaxy providing tokenisation technology and digital infrastructure, Chainlink providing onchain NAV publication…
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Wellington appoints State Street in HK
State Street has been appointed by Wellington Management as transfer agent on HKEX’s Integrated Fund Platform (IFP). State Street has executed Wellington’s first fund subscription and redemption orders routed through the IFP.
State Street adds to Alpha team
State Street has appointed Brenda Sklar as head of service delivery for State Street Alpha, based in the U.S. She joins from L&G – Asset Management, where she was chief operations officer. She previously spent more than 20 years at BlackRock.
Yuanta lends through State Street
State Street has implemented a securities lending program for Yuanta Funds, a Taiwan-based ETF manager. The program allows overseas securities held within a Yuanta ETF to be lent through State Street’s global securities lending platform. The program marks the first time Yuanta has made overseas investments within one of its ETF products available for securities…
State Street shuffles senior management team
State Street continues to reshuffle its senior management team. Mostapha Tahiri, who was appointed enterprise chief operating officer in 2023, will become president of State Street Alpha, with responsibility for Alpha, Charles River Development, and other platform solutions, reporting to Ron O’Hanley, chairman and CEO of State Street. Tahiri will have end-to-end responsibility for Alpha…
Ultimus hires CCO from BNY
Ultimus Fund Solutions has appointed Danielle Adamson as chief client officer, a newly established role focused on strengthening client experience across the firm’s public and private markets businesses. Most recently, she served as senior director of client coverage for BNY‘s asset servicing division. Prior to BNY, she spent 16 years at State Street.
State Street to acquire in LatAm
State Street has signed an initial agreement to acquire the Santander CACEIS Latam Securities Services joint venture in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The joint venture is owned by the Santander Group and CACEIS, with AuC of c. USD470bn and AuA of c. USD225bn.
Pat Hayes retires
Patrick (Pat) Hayes has retired from BNP Paribas, after a 10-year stint that included head of the UK for the securities services business and, most recently, global head of alternative investors, running the alternatives administration business. Hayes has been based in Dublin since joining State Street in 2007. All my very best wishes to Pat…
State Street upgrades in KSA
State Street’s fully owned subsidiary, State Street Saudi Arabia Financial Solutions, has upgraded to a Managing Investment and Operating Funds (MIOF) licence from the Capital Market Authority in Saudi Arabia, enabling the firm to offer local fund administration services in Saudi Arabia. While State Street has previously supported clients in Saudi Arabia through its global…
Principal expands with State Street
State Street has been selected by Principal Financial Group, a financial services company specialising in retirement solutions, asset management and insurance, to provide custody, fund accounting and administration services for Principal Funds. The mandate builds on a relationship between State Street and Principal that spans more than a decade, during which State Street has supported…