May

BNP Paribas hires France fund services head 14 May 2013

Julien Cuminet is now head of asset and fund services at BNP Paribas Securities Services

BNY Mellon wins outsourcing mandate 14 May 2013

BNY Mellon will provide middle- and back-office solutions to $3.1bn assets

Citi wins fund administration mandate 09 May 2013

Citi to provide third-party administration for emerging market fund

BNY Mellon wins mandate from Bank Aysa 08 May 2013

Acts as delegate, principal paying agent on first Turkish-only private sector international tier two sukuk

Northern Trust opens Frankfurt office 03 May 2013

Builds on relationship with Allianz Global Investors

April

BNY Mellon wins custody mandate 29 April 2013

The custodian will provide services for Russia’s first ETF

Northern Trust wins custody mandate 26 April 2013

William Blair & Company has chosen the custodian to support its Luxembourg-domiciled Fonds Commun de Placement

RBC wins custody mandate from US manager 22 April 2013

Polen Capital Management has chosen the custodian to service its new Dublin-based Ucits umbrella fund structure

State Street's sec finance revenue falls 19 April 2013

The bank’s Q1 2013 revenue from securities finance fell nearly 20% from Q1 2012, while revenues from asset management and servicing fees rose

British Airways appoints BNY Mellon 17 April 2013

Bank to provide the pension funds with OTC derivative and collateral management services

Barclays reveals new prime services head 05 April 2013

The bank has already found a replacement for Ajay Nagpal who left the bank earlier this week. Stephanie Baxter reports

UK pension shake-up squeezes fees 05 April 2013

Automatic enrolment into UK pension schemes will have profound implications for the asset management and asset servicing industries, finds Andrew Sheen

Cofunds wins UK custody mandate 02 April 2013

The custodian will provide Quilter with a full life cycle fund solution

March

BNY Mellon wins Nordic mandate 20 March 2013

The bank will provide fund administration for SEB Investment Management

BNY Mellon adds to asset servicing team 19 March 2013

Andrea Sturm joins the bank from Portigon AG

Itau’s Linford moves to Deutsche 15 March 2013

Don Linford becomes regional head of DSS for Latin Americas

Deutsche Bank promotes Sriram Iyer 14 March 2013

Iyer becomes global head of Trust & Agency Services within the bank’s GTB division

Redington promotes David Bennett 14 March 2013

The consultancy firm has created a new role for governance of all investment consulting services

February

Aviva and JPMorgan deepen custody deal 22 February 2013

JPMorgan and Aviva have renewed their outsourcing relationship

BNP Paribas wins custody mandate 18 February 2013

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been awarded a custody mandate to manage the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's AU$4.5bn ($4.6bn) portfolio

Acadian AM wins Danish mandate 15 February 2013

Acadian Asset Management UK has been selected by Danish occupational pension fund administrator PKA to manage a several hundred million dollar volatility mandate

January

RBC wins two custody mandates 20 January 2013

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been appointed global custodian by Gemini Investment Management and Galibier Capital Management

Citi wins Franklin Templeton mandate in Asia 09 January 2013

Citi will provide trustee, custody and transfer agent services to Franklin Templeton's newly launched China Opportunities Fund in Hong Kong

Placido to quit RBC Investor Services 09 January 2013

The custodian bank’s CEO will leave at the end of February after a 24-year career at RBC

Markit and CTI launch Fatca service 08 January 2013

Markit and CTI have launched Fatca compliance service for global fund industry