Northern Trust has appointed Katie Pries as country executive for Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in Canada, based in Toronto. Pries previously served as president and CEO of Northern Trust Canada from 2020 to 2025. She succeeds Jeff Alexander, who has left Northern Trust to pursue other opportunities.
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Lunate partners with Euroclear
Lunate, the Abu Dhabi based manager, has launched two Ireland-domiciled ETFs on Euroclear’s funds platform. Both ETFs are listed on Xetra and ADX.
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.
Ultimus supports ETF launches
Ultimus has supported the launch of three ETFs for Liberty One Investment Management. The ETFs were launched within a series trust solution provided by Ultimus.
OCBC deploys Citi’s sec lending platform
OCBC Group, the Singapore-based bank, has deployed the Citi Securities Lending Access platform, to roll out a securities lending programme. The programme is available to retail and corporate customers of OCBC Securities, as well as clients of its private banking arm, Bank of Singapore,
Langham Hall supports RE fund launch
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has supported Northtree Investment Management Ltd on the launch of its second fund, Northtree Real Estate Partners II. The fund will focus on UK commercial real estate assets. Langham Hall will provide fund accounting and administration services from its London and Jersey, C.I. offices.
SEI supports four CIT launches
Mackenzie Investments, a Canadian asset manager with CAD244bn (USD180bn) AuM, has appointed SEI Trust Company, SEI’s provider of trustee, operational, and administrative services for collective investment trusts, as the trustee of four newly launched CITs.
BNPP hires HF head
Peter Herrlin has joined the securities services business of BNP Paribas as global head of hedge fund services. Based in London, he reports to Patrick Hayes, global head of alternatives investors, securities services, and locally to Julien Kasparian, regional head for the UK and Middle East, securities services. He joins from Northern Trust.
BNY loses senior AO manager
BNY has lost a senior manager from its already underpowered asset owners team. Anders Reinertsen, who was head of the asset owners sector for the Americas, has joined Clearwater Analytics as market principal for asset owners, based in New York.
JTC links with Winterflood
JTC has formed a partnership with Winterflood’s custody business, Winterflood Business Services, to provide a custody platform to JTC’s clients. The collaboration will bring WBS’s technology and infrastructure to JTC’s clients, a move aimed at enhancing and modernising its global custody solutions. WBS has established a dedicated Jersey-based team.