Altum Group, a C.I.-based provider of fund, corporate, and family office solutions, has opened an office in Cape Town, South Africa. The office will be led by Sandri Pieters, who was previously at Sanne.
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Ocorian promotes Aron Brown
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administration services provider, has appointed Aron Brown as global head of regulatory & compliance. Brown founded, and was managing director of, Newgate Compliance, Ocorian’s compliance consultancy service which it acquired in 2020. In his new role he will report to Frederik van Tuyll, Ocorian’s chairman & CEO.
Swift appoints new chair
The Swift board of directors has elected J.P. Morgan’s Graeme Munro as non-executive chair, and Samantha Emery of Lloyds Banking Group as non-executive deputy chair. The appointments follow the decision of Yawar Shah, chairman for 16 years, to stand down.
Joanna Meager steps down from RBC
Joanna Meager has stepped down from her role at RBC Investor & Treasury Services. Meager joined RBC in 2007 from Deutsche Bank, and was global head of client operations for nearly 11 years. Latterly, she was country head for RBC I&TS in the UK. RBC has signed an MoU with CACEIS for the sale of…
Pirum builds key account team
Pirum, the UK-based fintech specialising in securities finance, has hired Sarah Young as a key account director for EMEA. Based in London, she joins Pirum’s newly launched global key account management team led by Bob Zekraus, COO and head of Americas.
DTCC hires new CFO from State Street
Renee LaRoche-Morris has joined DTCC as CFO. She comes from State Street, which she joined in 2021 as chief of staff to the COO and chief administrative officer of shared services. She then transitioned to head the integration management office for State Street’s acquisition of BBH’s investor services business. Prior to State Street, LaRoche-Morris was…
HSBC appoints global head of securities services
HSBC has appointed Fiona Horsewill as global head of securities services. Based in London, she will report directly to Patrick George, the recently confirmed global head of markets & securities services. She will also be a member of the M&SS executive committee. Horsewill was most recently at Citi, where she was global head of data…
Waystone appoints ManCo CEO in Lux
Waystone, the Ireland-based specialist services provider which recently had a senior management purge, has appointed Denis Harty as CEO of its ManCo in Luxembourg. Harty was previously CEO of Alfa Asset Management and has also worked at Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan.
Waystone sacks senior management team
Waystone, the Ireland-based provider of specialist services to the investment management sector, has abruptly parted company with Derek Delaney, CEO, Paul Cahill, COO, and Glen Magee, CFO. Waystone said: “Given our growth and the current scale of the business it was felt that the right thing for the company was to introduce new management to…
IDR adds three seniors to management team
IDR, the fintech specialising in client onboarding for the private markets sector, has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Karen Bee as senior delivery manager for operations, Jason Green as chief technology officer, and Dan Loughney as finance director.