GC speaks to BBH'S alternatives fund services product executives, Chris McChesney and Ainun Ayub, on how alternatives fund managers are coping with their new operating environment and the changing dynamic between client and service providers.
Inaugural class of Connectors introduces BBH clients to third-party services including ESG data management, AI services, accounting and reporting, and recovery services.
HSBC plans to further develop its product strategy and operating model for the fast-growing private assets market in Luxembourg.
Global custodians and institutional investors could further be encouraged to adopt digital assets by using specialist digital asset sub-custodians.
The survey of 32 C-Suite executives from global financial institutions found that over one third are considering, or have shifted, to new services and strategies.
The ETF market is experiencing significant change with the migration of mutual funds to actively managed ETFs, as well as innovation in new product types. Shawn McNinch, global head of ETF product and sales, and Ryan Sullivan, head of US ETF services at BBH, explain how custodians and fund administrators are adapting.
The move is the first by JP Morgan since the restructure to the securities services business earlier this year.
The move represents a major milestone as the active ETF industry looks to compete against a struggling mutual fund market.
With a wave of sub-custody exits in the Nordics, SEB is the last remaining local provider operating in the region. GC speak to Ann Magnusson, head of investor services, and Christine Strandberg, regulatory manager, on how it is facing up to the challenges of regulation, technology and increased competition from global custodians.
Brown Brothers Harriman is working with Guinness Atkinson Asset Management for the first conversion of two mutual funds to become active ETFs.