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Northern Trust has appointed Natalie Leaver as head of asset owner business development, UK & Ireland. She replaces Ian Hamilton, who has been appointed head of UK asset owners, succeeding Mark Austin, who has been named pensions sector lead for EMEA. She joins from J.P. Morgan, where she spent 17 years, most recently as head…

The board of directors of CACEIS has appointed Jean-Pierre Michalowski as CEO, effective 6 March 2023. He will also become a member of Crédit Agricole S.A. management committee. He was most recently senior country officer of Singapore at Crédit Agricole CIB. Michalowski takes over from Jean-François Abadie, who spent six years as CEO. He has…

SimCorp, the European provider of SaaS investment management solutions has appointed John Needham as managing director of SimCorp North America. Based in Toronto and reporting to CEO Christian Kromann, Needham will primarily focus on business development and setting strategic direction for the >230 SimCorp North America employees, seeking to sustain the consistent double-digit growth the…

IDR, the fintech specializing in the private markets sector, has launched its next-generation subscription service. Integrating fund subscription alongside its internationally compliant KYC and tax services with prepopulated investor profiles, IDR authenticates investors once across their global portfolio. IDR’s next generation subscription service connects fund managers and investors instantly via a single access token rather…

TMF Group, a Netherlands-based professional services firm, has appointed Albert Porta as head of business development for the APAC region. Porta has worked for TMF Group in Hong Kong for six years, latterly as head of business development in Singapore, Australasia and Malaysia, a role he will retain in addition to his new regional responsibilities.…

Apex-owned European Depositary Bank has appointed Robert Steele and Jean-François Thils to its executive management board. They join EDB CEO David Claus and managing director Holger Barth as members of the bank’s executive management board. David Rhydderch, previously a member of the board, is stepping down and becoming a member of the board of directors…

ID-Pal, the UK-based identity verification provider, has named Sara West as the company’s new commercial director. West joins from W2 Global Data, where she served as chief commercial officer since 2017 and as a member of its executive board of directors in 2019.

Further changes at HSBC’s securities business, where Sébastien Danloy continues to lead as interim global head of securities services. Rafael Moral, regional head of securities services of Asia-Pacific & MENAT, will expand his remit as global head of country management for securities services. Brendan Matthews, US country head and Americas COO for securities services, will…