U.S. Bank has expanded leadership roles for Stephen Philipson and Felicia La Forgia as part of an effort to strategically position the bank’s Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) team. They will continue to report to Gunjan Kedia, who was recently named president of U.S. Bancorp, overseeing the company’s revenue lines of business, including…
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Vivian Tung moves to MFS
Vivian Tung has left BNY Mellon to join the ETF product team at MFS Investment Management, based in Boston. At BNY Mellon Tung was global head of ETF services. She joined in 2022 after spending nearly 17 years at BBH.
State Street appoints head of sec finance
State Street has appointed Taryn Siglain as head of financing solutions. Siglain will lead State Street’s agency lending, prime services, and secured (repo) financing businesses. She succeeds Gino Timperio who will retire from State Street at the end of June, and will report to Tony Bisegna, head of Global Markets. Siglain joined State Street from…
Gen II appoints European RA head
Following the completion of its acquisition of Crestbridge, Gen II Fund Services has appointed Alex Le Quesne as head of real assets – Europe. He was head of governance services at Crestbridge.
Universal hires CTO
Universal Investment Group, the European fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed John Burns as its group chief technology officer and a member of the executive board, He joins from DWS Group, where he most recently served as global head of technology and operations.
J.P. Morgan hires ETF SME
J.P. Morgan has hired Ciarán Fitzpatrick as global head of ETF product management, based in Dublin. He was previously at State Street.
Deutsche Börse forms new post-trading division
The supervisory board of Deutsche Börse AG has appointed Stephanie Eckermann as a new member of the executive board. As of 1 June, she will be leading the newly formed post-trading division, comprised of the securities services and fund services businesses with Clearstream. Eckermann has been managing director at Deutsche Börse Group since 2020. She…
Komainu hires head of partnerships
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian that is partly backed by Nomura, has appointed Neil Batchelor as global head of partnerships. Batchelor will be responsible for leading partnerships globally, further enhancing existing infrastructure and service provider collaborations, and driving new strategic partnerships across the digital assets and institutional securities servicing ecosystems. He joins Komainu from…
Gen II appoints European ops head
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private assets administrator, has appointed Matt Le Noury as head of European operations, based in Guernsey, C.I. He was part of the Crestbridge PERE business that Gen II recently acquired, and has also worked for Citco and Northern Trust.
Apex hires SS&C veteran
Apex has appointed Ken Fullerton as global head of operational transformation, based in New York. He will lead the operational delivery and improvement team focusing on client-driven technology and business process initiatives and improvements. He will also oversee the global service centres. Fullerton previously spent nearly 20 years at SS&C GlobeOp.