State Street has appointed Pauline Wong as head of the Hong Kong SAR and Ilona Chen as head of Taiwan. These newly created roles will report to Mostapha Tahiri, head of Asia Pacific. Wong and Chen will oversee all State Street’s businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively. Wong joined State Street in 2011 and…
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State Street hires Jason Knight as global head of insurance
State Street has appointed Jason Knight as global head of the firm’s insurance segment. Knight joins from BNY Mellon, where he was most recently head of the insurance segment in the Americas for the asset servicing business.
Martin Currie migrates investment ops to Northern Trust
Martin Currie Investment Management has completed the migration of outsourced investment operations functions to Northern Trust for its book of assets managed from UK offices in Edinburgh and London. These include performance measurement and client reporting activities that were previously managed inhouse. Owned by Franklin Resources, Martin Currie is a long-term global equity growth investor…
Aberdeen Standard Investments moves two ETFs to State Street
Aberdeen Standard Investments has appointed State Street as service provider for two of the firm’s ETFs. These ETFs have transitioned from another provider. State Street will now provide a range of ETF services, including custody, fund accounting, basket creation/settlement, order-taking, transfer agency and regulatory reporting. State Street currently provides global custody, accounting and fund administration…
State Street to service dual access ETF for AllianceBernstein in Australia
State Street has been appointed as servicing agent for an AllianceBernstein ETF in Australia that now offers the dual access option. Originally developed seven years ago, AB’s Managed Volatility Equities Fund was listed on the Chi-X exchange in April, leveraging the innovative dual access model, which enables active managers to run a single register for…
State Street hires Neil Macdonald as AsPac head of asset managers segment
State Street has hired Neil Macdonald as head of the asset managers segment in Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Macdonald will report globally to Donna Milrod, head of the global asset managers segment and global clients division, and regionally to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for Asia Pacific. Macdonald joins from KPMG, where…
State Street appoints Aman Thind as global chief architect
State Street has appointed Aman Thind to executive vice president and global chief architect, reporting to Brian Franz, global chief information officer. Thind is responsible for designing the strategy and driving implementation of State Street’s technology transformation and interoperable infrastructure. He will also play an integral role in advancing the company’s technology innovation, including building…
State Street & U.S. Bank back Securrency
Securrency, a U.S.-based fintech, has raised USD30m in its latest funding round, which will be used to fund the company’s expansion plans. The Series B funding round included WisdomTree Investment, an existing investor, along with, inter alia, State Street and U.S. Bank. Securrency develops blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology.
State Street appointed as administrator for Iconic Bitcoin ETN
State Street has been appointed as the administrator of a planned Bitcoin-backed exchange traded note (ETN) issued by Iconic Funds BTC ETN GmbH, a subsidiary of Iconic Funds GmbH. The ETN will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, following approval by BaFin, the German securities regulator. State Street will provide administration services to support…
Nomura expands use of Charles River IMS
Nomura Asset Management, a Japanese asset manager with approximately USD607bn AuM, is expanding its use of Charles River IMS. Nomura will implement Charles River’s strategic cloud solution on Microsoft Azure and adopt Charles River’s post-trade capabilities to further consolidate and simplify its investment operations. Nobuyuki Taguchi, senior managing director, Nomura, said: “Managing our post-trade operations…