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Universal Investment Group is extending the management team of its German third-party management company (KVG), Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH (UID). UID managing director Mathias Heiss has been appointed CEO of the German platform. Corinna Jaeger and André Jaeger are also added to the management team. All three are internal appointments. The KVG is one of Universal Investment…

BNY has appointed Leigh-Ann Russell as chief information officer and global head of engineering. She will join the company on September 15, reporting to Robin Vince, president and CEO, and will be a member of the executive committee. Russell joins from bp where she was most recently executive vice president of innovation and engineering. She…

Jim Harris has returned to RBC Investor Services as associate director, network management risk and control. Harris, who worked for RBC for 23 years, was most recently at BMO, and also ran Soterium, a consultancy. He is based in Toronto.

Shane Monks has joined BNY as global head of ETF and UIT operations, based in Boston. Monks joins from J.P. Morgan, after spending 15 years at State Street. This is the second major loss for J.P. Morgan from its ETF business, with Josh Jacobs recently moving to U.S. Bank. Vivian Tung, who was BNY’s global…

Nicolas Gonzalez has joined Amundi Technology as a sales and relationship manager. Gonzalez spent 15 years at SGSS, including assignments in India and Russia, before a brief spell with Bank GPB International in Luxembourg. He is based in Paris.