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United Food and Commercial Workers selects RBC Dexia
15 May 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

RBC Dexia Investor Services has been appointed by United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Plan to provide Custody and Benefit Payment services for their multi-employer pension plan.

State Street wins Manulife mandate
14 May 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

State Street have been appointed by Manulife Asset Management Limited to provide full administrative services for Canadian institutional pooled funds.....

HSBC France and BNY Mellon adopt LoanReach
13 May 2011 Brussels
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

HSBC France and The Bank of New York Mellon have signed up to Euroclear Bank’s LoanReach service for syndicated loan transactions...

BNP Paribas selected by EFG for KIID Reporting
13 May 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been selected to produce KIID-compliant reporting for all the funds of EFG Asset Management France...

Mercer develops DB checklist
13 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Mercer has developed a “checklist” to help defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors address challenges they are facing in today’s environment...

BTIG adding J.P. Morgan as additional custodian for clients
13 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BTIG, LLC, has added J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. (J.P. Morgan) as a clearing agent and custodian for its Prime Brokerage platform. BTIG Prime Brokerage will now offer its clients both J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. and Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing.

BNY Mellon wins Textron mandate
12 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon has been named global custodian for Textron Inc.'s employee defined benefit retirement plan, with $4.2 billion in assets...

Chen appointed Head of Lyxor ETF distribution Asia Pacific
12 May 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Lyxor Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale, has appointed Herman Chen as Head of Lyxor ETF distribution for the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong. Chen will further promote the .....

Saadon now Head of EMEA
11 May 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Traiana, have now appointed Roy Saadon, one of the co-founders of Traiana, to the newly created role of Head of EMEA, effective immediately. Roy Saadon will move to London to lead Traiana’s further expansion in......

EMS Capital selects RBC Dexia
10 May 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

RBC Dexia has been selected by EMS Capital, a New York-based investment firm, to provide trustee, custody, fund administration, financial reporting, distribution support and shareholder services for Tensor Fund PLC, a new Ireland-domiciled UCITS fund

Northern Trust wins Babcock mandate
10 May 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has been appointed to provide global custody, transition management, investment accounting and performance measurement services to £2 billion in pension fund assets for Babcock International Group PLC pension schemes...

Florida announces shortlist for master mandate
10 May 2011 Tallahassee
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Florida State Board of Administration has picked three firms to go on the shortlist for its $160 billion global master custody mandate...