Fireside Friday with… Apex Group’s Peter Hughes
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The new appointment had held senior roles at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs prior to her tenure at Deutsche Bank.
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Bank acts as tokenisation agent, trustee and registrar as Hong Kong tests blockchain-based fund infrastructure.
Executive joins after leadership roles at BBH and Northern Trust spanning data services, digital solutions and client coverage.
Agreement extends decade-long partnership as the asset manager seeks to evolve its mutual fund operations.
Structure brings together Apex Group, Archax, Goldman Sachs and Ownera as tokenisation activity continues to evolve across private markets.
Investor services provider to support launch of active UCITS ETF business in Europe through existing Luxembourg fund servicing relationship.
Executive joins as vice president, custom policy, EMEA to develop and implement bespoke proxy voting guidelines for institutional investors.
Appointments span securities services, corporate and institutional banking as well as Luxembourg, Ireland and Channel Islands operations.
Partnership to explore institutional opportunities across global custody and asset servicing in the Sultanate.
Tatton Investment Management also names Apex Group as administrator for new multi-asset fund range.
Changes include an expanded regional leadership role and new appointments spanning asset owners, strategic relationships and fund services.
Firm to support mutual fund-to-ETF share class conversions across US fund range.
Taskforce to use rolling three-month CREST settlement averages to establish post-implementation benchmark from October 2027.
Appointments draw on leadership experience across the custodian’s Luxembourg, Ireland and the Channel Islands operations.