J.P. Morgan has appointed Teresa Heitsenrether as head of a new unit, data & analytics, which will focus on AI. She is replaced as head of the securities services business by Tim Fitzgerald, currently head of global custody & fund services. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2016 from Deutsche Bank.
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Citco to open in Puerto Rico
Citco, the specialist alternatives administrator with USD1.8trn AuA, has chosen Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, as its latest base for a client support centre. Citco says it has chosen Puerto Rico due to its broad availability of educated professionals in the financial sector. The Mayagüez office, which will open in 2024, will be led by Colin Johnson,…
Pricoa taps Apex for Spanish deal
Pricoa Private Capital, part of PGIM, has appointed Apex to support its provision of senior capital to Real Betis Balompié for refinancing. Real Betis is a Spanish professional soccer club based in Seville. Pricoa has provided the club with a EUR65m senior secured term loan. Apex in Spain acted as the facility and security agent…
Zodia hires ops head
Zodia Custody has appointed Samuel Max Howe as head of operations. He joins from GSA Capital, a multi-asset quant hedge fund, where he was head of crypto operations.
BNPP deploys AI-driven virtual agent
BNP Paribas’s securities services business has launched a virtual agent, NOA (NextGen Online Assistant), on its client services portal, NeoLink. NOA deploys the latest cognitive technology from Amelia, a U.S.-based provider of enterprise conversational AI. Leveraging Amelia’s advanced machine learning for context recognition, NOA helps clients find the information they need quickly and efficiently. NOA…
Gen II hires BBH veteran in Lux
Michael Mekhaeel has joined Gen II Fund Services as head of depositary at Gen II Luxembourg Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mekhaeel previously spent 17 years at BBH in Luxembourg. Gen II focuses exclusively on the private capital sector, and claims to have USD900bn AuA.
Torstone hires new CFO
Torstone Technology, a UK-based SaaS platform provider for post-trade securities and derivatives processing and risk management, has appointed Neil Mardon as CFO. He will also join Torstone’s board of directors. Mardon was previously CFO and later COO at Daiwa Capital Markets Europe.
Citco opens new Guernsey office
Citco, the specialist asset-servicing provider to the alternative investment sector, has opened a new office in Guernsey, focusing on private equity and private credit. Citco opened its first Guernsey office in 2014.
Optimum expands RBC relationship
RBC Investor Services has expanded its relationship with Optimum Asset Management, a Quebec-based asset management subsidiary of Optimum Financial Group. The expanded mandate includes custody, fund accounting and shareholder services for OGP’s nine mutual funds. RBC previously provided custody, fund accounting and TA for six of Optimum’s funds. The relationship was expanded by transferring funds…
Citi wins Fubon ETF mandate
Citi has been selected by Fubon Fund Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited to provide a range of custody and fund services for Fubon’s latest thematic ETF, Fubon ICE FactSet Asia Battery and Energy Storage Technology Index ETF, recently listed in Hong Kong. Citi will provide custody, fund accounting and administration, ETF processing, and registrar services,…