Category: People

HSBC has made major changes to the senior management team of its markets & securities services business. Following the integration of its M&SS operations teams into a single unit, HSBC has now moved to unify elements of the front office, which involves the elimination of some co-head roles. Richard Godfrey, who was co-head of securities…

In the clearest signal yet that the State Street deal to acquire Brown Brothers Harriman’s investor services business in far from certain, BBH has announced four new senior relationship managers. Mariana Kelly joins from BNY Mellon where she worked as a relationship manager for Latin American clients and held roles in business development, project and…

Vistra, the Hong Kong-based fund and corporate service provider, has appointed Simon Webster as its new CEO. Based in Hong Kong, Webster will lead the business across 47 jurisdictions and will also join Vistra’s board following regulatory approval. He replaces Alan Brown, who has led Vistra since 2019. Webster was most recently group CEO of…

Aztec Group, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has appointed New York-based Eric Bernstein as a non-executive director. Bernstein is currently COO at EquityZen, a technology start-up that connects shareholders of private companies with investors seeking alternative investments. Prior to this, he was president at Broadridge Asset Management Solutions. Aztec, which opened its first U.S. office in…

Coremont, a UK-based provider of front-to-back portfolio management support for hedge funds and institutional asset managers, has appointed Balaji Krishnamurthy as chief technology officer, based in the U.S. He joins from JPMorgan Chase, where he oversaw middle office and post-trade technology, based in New York. This follows the recent appointments of Akbar Sheriff as global…