State Street has been appointed to service Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ newly launched UCITS actively managed ETFs. State Street will provide services including custody, depositary, fund accounting, ETF basket creation, create/redeem order management, ETF settlement, transfer agency and reporting. In 2025 Columbia Threadneedle Investments, the global asset management group of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., appointed State Street…
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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…
Pirum appoints CPO
Vinod Bhaskaran has joined Pirum as chief product officer. He joins from Nasdaq Calypso, where he was head of product management.
Apex lifts out in Australia
Apex has reached a lift-out agreement to onboard Mercer’s superannuation administration operations in Australia.
BNY appoints new Korea chief
BNY has appointed Phillip (Bongkyun) Suh as Korea country manager and Seoul branch manager, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds Hyon Joo Park, who will retire in March after more than six years at BNY. He joins from Samsung Asset Management, where he was CEO.
Sheller leaves CBRE
Jason Sheller, who has been at CBRE for seven years, most recently as global head of business development & strategy for its real estate fund administration business, is stepping away from his role. He hasn’t announced his next move.
Citi poaches IT chief from BNY
Matthew Yazdi has been appointed as head of investor services technology for Citi. He is based in New York. He joined from BNY Mellon.
AP3/AP4 retool with SimCorp
The third and fourth Swedish National Pension Funds (AP3 & AP4) have completed a comprehensive modernisation of their system infrastructure through a new, integrated front-to-back solution from SimCorp. This replaces multiple systems that support the entire workflow – from analysis and order placement to portfolio management, risk, performance, compliance, and financial reporting. The transition to…
CWAN to be acquired
Clearwater Analytics, the U.S.-based accounting fintech, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately USD8.4bn by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus, with participation from Temasek. The investor group has support from Francisco Partners. The CWAN board of directors has approved this transaction. Permira recently…
BBH to service Quoniam ETFs
Quoniam Asset Management, a Germany-based asset manager and a subsidiary of Union Investment, has launched Union Investment’s first actively managed ETFs. The two funds will be marketed under the new UniActive Q label. The UniActiveQ ETF range has been launched on AllFunds’ AllSolutions ETF platform, with BBH appointed as custodian and fund administrator. BBH in…