U.S. Bank’s investment services business has gone live with Fenergo’s Fen-X platform, which automates many of the manual processes traditionally associated with underlying investors and direct client relationships and accelerates account setup while maintaining regulatory requirements. The enhanced onboarding experience provides investors and clients with more transparency throughout the process and enables integration with other…
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Wally Barys takes new role at U.S. Bank
Walter (Wally) Barys has been appointed head of custody for asset managers at U.S. Bank. Barys, who joined in 2017 from Northern Trust, successfully transformed U.S. Bank’s agent bank network to move away from the BNY white label model. He will report to Alan Flanagan, global head of investment services.
Grande joins Ultimus
Thomas Grande has joined Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions as an SVP in its relationship management team, based in Boston. He was previously at U.S. Bank.
Bax leaves Citi
Matthew Bax has left Citi after nearly nine years, most recently as head of sales & client for its securities services business. Although no formal announcement has been made, it is understood that Bax is moving to BNY where he will replace Alan Flanagan, who recently moved to U.S. Bank.
Flanagan joins U.S. Bank
Alan Flanagan has joined U.S. Bank as head of global investment services, the division comprised of global fund services and global corporate trust. Flanagan will be a member of the senior leadership team for U.S. Bank’s wealth, corporate, commercial and institutional banking business line and will be based in New York. Flanagan spent nearly two…
U.S. Bank supports F/m in innovative launch
F/m Investments, a USD18bn fixed income investment firm, has made its flagship TBIL U.S. Treasury 3-Month Bill strategy available in both ETF and mutual fund share classes within a single fund. The launch marks the first time an ETF issuer has brought a dual share class structure into live operation under an SEC exemptive order.…
U.S. Bank hires from BNY
Sophia Long has joined U.S. Bank as senior product manager in Europe for its global fund services business, based in Dublin. She was previously at BNY.
Gen II hires private credit team
Gen II Fund Services, an independent private capital fund administrator with >USD1trn AuA, has hired Leslie DeRoss and her specialist team to lead and expand the firm’s private credit offering. DeRoss joins Gen II from U.S. Bank.
U.S. Bank forms new business enablement team
U.S. Bank has formed a new business enablement team within its wealth, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking operations. It is responsible for ensuring alignment, communication and execution of strategic initiatives between operations and internal business lines, while also serving as strategic liaison between WCIBO and external industry stakeholders such as banks, fintech partners and industry…
U.S. Bank & Ultimus support new BDC
Monroe Capital LLC, a U.S.-based private credit asset manager with c. USD22bn AuM, has launched the Monroe Capital Enhanced Corporate Lending Fund, a perpetual-life, continuously offered, non-traded BDC designed to provide retail investors access to Monroe’s direct lending strategy. U.S. Bank Trust Company has been appointed as custodian for the securities, with Ultimus Fund Solutions…