Citi has announced some senior management changes in Europe: Alex Todd has been appointed head of securities services for Europe. He will report to Maria Cantillon, EMEA head of securities services sales, Kristen Braden, and Bryan Murphy, global head of bank sales. He will continue in his role as EMEA head of bank sales. He…
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Stonegate hires MD for digital assets group
Stonegate Global has hired Skyler Steinke as managing director – digital assets group. Stonegate Global is a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, global advisory and fund structuring services for crypto funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and private equity funds. Stonegate Global specialises in servicing DeFi crypto funds involved in staking, yield…
Peter Nagle leaves Sanne
Peter Nagle has joined Harneys Fiduciary as CEO. He was previously chief commercial officer for Sanne.
Two join BNY Mellon from BBH
Meaghan Lee has joined BNY Mellon as a vice president in the relationship management team, based in Boston. She was previously at BBH. Michael Prisco, also formerly of BBH, has joined BNY Mellon as a director.
BNY Mellon to administer new Grayscale European ETF
BNY Mellon in Ireland has been appointed as custodian and administrator for Grayscale’s first European ETF, launched through the HANetf platform, for which BNY Mellon provides custody and administration. The Grayscale Future of Finance UCITS ETF (GFOF) will list on the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana and will be available to investors…
State Street to administer crypto ETF in Australia
K2 Asset Management has appointed State Street Australia Limited as the fund administrator and custodian in Australia for the Cosmos Purpose Bitcoin Access ETF (Cboe: CBTC), Australia’s first cryptocurrency ETF ultimately backed by physically settled Bitcoin. CBTC’s underlying asset is the Purpose Bitcoin ETF which is managed by Purpose Investments and quoted on the Toronto…
BNY Mellon invests in Chainalysis
BNY Mellon has participated in a Series F financing round for Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, which has raised USD170m, bringing its valuation to USD8.6bn. Chainalysis provides data, software, services, and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions, and insurance and cybersecurity companies in over 70 countries. The data powers investigation, compliance, and market intelligence…
TMF appoints head of product innovation for fund services
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based corporate and fund services provider, has appointed Kwame Lewis as head of product innovation, fund services. He is based in Boston. He was previously co-head of fund services for North America.
Matt Haynes takes new role at IQ-EQ
IQ-EQ has appointed Matt Haynes as global head of business intermediaries & partners. Haynes spent eight years as group business development director. In his new role, he will lead a number of strategic relationships and a group-wide strategy to build upon the relationships IQ-EQ has with business partners and intermediaries globally. He will report directly…
CIBC Mellon wins 10-year mandate from CAAT
CIBC Mellon has been awarded a 10-year mandate to provide asset servicing and digital solutions to Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan (CAAT) and its DBplus offering. CIBC Mellon and its partners, CIBC and BNY Mellon, will provide investment and pension servicing solutions to CAAT, including custody, accounting, securities lending, foreign exchange processing…