Confluence, a fintech providing enterprise data, software, and AI-driven solutions for regulatory, analytics, and investor communications in the investment management industry, has appointed Spiros Giannaros as CEO, effective immediately. Mark Evans, founder and CEO, will transition to executive chairman. Confluence is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Giannaros was most recently CEO of Charles River…
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State Street selects wealth platform
State Street and Apex Fintech Solutions have formed a partnership that includes a minority investment by State Street into Apex Fintech Solutions. State Street will leverage Apex’s digital custody and clearing platform to expand its wealth services offerings. Apex Fintech Solutions is a fintech platform provider with >200 clients and 22 million brokerage accounts holding…
State Street hires for wealth custody
State Street has appointed Jennifer Stokes as head of wealth custody and clearing. She was previously at Altruist.
Columbia Threadneedle consolidates with State Street
State Street has been appointed by Columbia Threadneedle Investments, the asset management group of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., to provide expanded fund accounting, administration and custody services for Columbia Threadneedle’s pooled funds, including ETFs, in the U.S. and Europe with USD431bn AuM. State Street has provided back-office services to various legacy Columbia Threadneedle mutual funds going…
Apex hires new CFO
Apex has appointed Kimberly DeTrask as CFO and Maxwell Johnston as chief business officer (CBO). DeTrask joins from State Street, where she has served for over 12 years, most recently as treasurer. Before joining State Street, she spent more than 14 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she worked in the risk…
AB expands with State Street
AllianceBernstein has appointed State Street as transfer agent for Taiwan’s first active bond ETF.State Street already services AB’s ETFs in U.S. and Australia.
PGIM appoints State Street for new ETF
PGIM, the asset management arm of Prudential with USD1.4trn AuM, has appointed State Street to support its first active global ETF in Taiwan.
UC partners with State Street
UC Investments, the investment arm of the University of California, and State Street have formed an initiative to give individuals access to institutional-grade investment tools and opportunities. The initiative will combine the latest investment technologies and artificial intelligence to give individuals direct access to a broader range of investment opportunities, including private markets. It also…
BNY wins (back) WisdomTree ETF mandate
BNY has confirmed that WisdomTree, Inc. to provide custody, depositary, accounting, fund administration and ETF services for its Europe-listed products. WisdomTree Europe has AuM totaling USD40.1bn. BNY is expanding its relationship with WisdomTree as custodian, administrator, securities lending agent and ETF servicing provider across its U.S.-listed products, to now include capabilities which support its Irish-domiciled…
State Street to service COtwo ETP
State Street has been appointed as fund administrator and transfer agent for the COtwo Advisors Physical European Carbon Allowance Trust (NYSE Arca: CTWO), the first US-listed exchange-traded product backed by physical European Union Allowances (EUAs). State Street will deliver ETF solutions, including fund accounting, administration, and transfer agency.