Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has hired Graeme Perry as business development representative. Based in London, Perry will report locally to Karl Wyborn, CCO. Previously, he spent 14 years with BNP Paribas’ securities services business, where his most recent role was director of trading strategy and relationships and head of agency lending trading EMEA.
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State Street to acquire outsourced trading firm
State Street has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency basis for a variety of asset classes including equities, listed derivatives and fixed income. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms…
Pirum hires EMEA director of origination
Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Stuart Cornock as EMEA director of origination. He joins Terry O`Brien and Scott Brown in London in the origination team. Previously, Cornock was at S&P Global.
State Street makes senior client management appointments
State Street has appointed Chelsea Grossman as head of client management for its agency lending business in North America, and Cassie Jones as head of client management for securities finance in the UK and EMEA. Grossman and Jones, based in Boston and London respectively, will report to Francesco Squillacioti, global head of client management for…
Morgan Stanley veteran joins State Street
State Street has hired Taryn Siglain as global head of enhanced custody, its principal securities lending program. Siglain will report to Gino Timperio, global head of financing solutions for the global markets business. Siglain was most recently at Morgan Stanley where she held a variety of leadership roles, including head of Americas secured funding trading…
BBH appoints three GPs
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed three new general partners: Thomas Davis (private banking), Christopher Gothard (investor services), and Justin Reed (private banking). Based in London, Gothard is taking on responsibility for the global markets group within the investor services division, including the FX and securities lending businesses.
FXall signs with Saphyre
The London Stock Exchange Group’s FXall business has struck a deal with Saphyre to digitise account onboarding for FXall clients through Saphyre’s AI technology, which allows liquidity providers to systematically approve accounts. The Saphyre technology is validated and live for a subset of clients of FXall, with plans for rollout to all FXall clients in…
FINBOURNE partners with Tumelo
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, has struck a partnership with investor voting fintech, Tumelo. Integrating Tumelo’s voting technology into FINBOURNE’s cloud-native investment management data management platform, LUSID, will help fund managers better understand and reflect investors’ voting interests. Backed by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Tumelo’s API-driven platform delivers fund managers a cost-effective way to provide…
SNB Capital taps Broadridge for sec finance
SNB Capital, the largest broker and asset manager by market share in Saudi Arabia, has chosen Broadridge to help build its local securities lending and borrowing business. SNB Capital will deploy Broadridge’s securities finance and collateral management (SFCM) service, a front-to-back SaaS solution. SNB Capital has a significant global custody and data management alliance with…
Pirum appoints new chair
Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Neal Anderson as chair. He was most recently CEO at Wood Mackenzie, the research and data & analytics provider to the global energy and commodities industries. After eight years as chair, Donal Smith will continue to work with the business in an NED/board advisory capacity. Founded in 2000 to…