Laurent Born has joined BNY Mellon as head of depositary bank services in Luxembourg. He previously spent more than 17 years at RBC Investor & Treasury Services. His appointment follows the recent announcement that Brenda Bol had been appointed as the new branch manager for BNY Mellon in Luxembourg.
Category: Offshore
JTC hires senior funds director for Ireland
JTC, the C.I.-based professional services provider, has hired John Collins as senior director – funds, following the launch of its fund administration service in Ireland. He will operate from JTC’s offices in Dublin and London to lead the growth of the Irish fund administration service which was launched at the beginning of August. Collins was…
Titanbay links with Apex for ESG ratings
Titanbay, the Luxembourg-based private markets investment platform, has appointed Apex to provide an ESG rating on all new funds added to the Titanbay platform. Under the agreement, a consolidated ESG report will be made available to investors alongside other fund due diligence materials to provide investors with assurances that selected funds meet the highest sustainability…
Davy selects Torstone platform
Davy Capital Markets, a member of the Bank of Ireland Group, has agreed to deploy the post-trade platform from Torstone Technology, a UK-based SaaS platform provider for post-trade securities and derivatives processing. The Davy Group has over 800 people managing >EUR16bn (USD16bn) of client assets, with offices in Dublin, London and throughout the island of…
BNY Mellon appoints new Lux head
BNY Mellon has appointed Brenda Bol as branch manager in Luxembourg and head of the investment managers segment in EMEA for the asset servicing & digital business. She joins from Brown Brothers Harriman in Luxembourg. The position at BNY Mellon has been open since David Claus left to join EDB earlier this year.
IQ-EQ hires head of Guernsey fund ops
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has appointed Gareth Smith as head of fund operations in Guernsey. Smith was most recently at Ocorian, leading its operations team. Prior to this, he was the head of Channel Islands for Apex Fund Services and head of private equity for Europe.
Carol Mahon joins Equity Trustees board in Ireland
Carol Mahon has been appointed as an independent non-executive director to the board of the Equity Trustees Independent Management Company business in Ireland. Mahon brings more than 20 years of extensive knowledge and experience in corporate governance and all aspects of running a business. She was most recently CEO at Hermes Fund Managers Ireland Ltd.…
IQ-EQ hires from Kneip
Polina Sakalian has joined IQ-EQ in Luxembourg as a client director in the private equity business. She was previously at Kneip, which was acquired by Deutsche Börse earlier this year.
Maples launches new ESG solutions
The Maples Group has expanded its global fund services offering with the launch of new ESG solutions. The enhanced ESG offering includes data, reporting, and certification support, as well as a platform solution to support European distribution. Maples has implemented an ESG data and reporting system from Trucost, part of S&P Global, which provides analytics…
Aztec hires State Street exec in Ireland
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired Kevin Hogan as head of fund services Ireland. He was previously at State Street, where he spent seven years.