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State Street wins fund administration mandate from Allianz Global, DekaBank

Allianz Global Investors and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale have selected State Street to provide a wide range of investment services for more than EUR500bn in assets.

GCA Savvian and Altium ink merger agreement

Japanese investment bank GCA Savvian has agreed to merge with Altium, a UK-based mid-market financial advisory group, to create an independent global investment bank.

BTG Pactual Q1 net income surges 25%

BTG Pactual has reported a net income of BRL1.1bn ($317.6m) for the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 25.4% compared to BRL854m ($246.7m) in the year-ago quarter.

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management appoints new CEO

Edmond de Rothschild has hired Roderick Munsters as the new CEO of its asset management business, following the departure of Laurent Tignard.

Maybank, Diam ink collaboration pact

Maybank Asset Management Group, the fund management arm of Malaysian lender Maybank, has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Diam Asset Management (DIAM) to venture into cross-border distribution of funds across the ASEAN countries and Japan.

Standard Life Investments forms strategic partnership with Bosera Asset Management

Standard Life Investments (Hong Kong) has formed a strategic partnership with Chinese firm Bosera Asset Management (International) and jointly launched a new fund aimed at the emerging markets.

Credit Suisse swings to net loss of CHF302m in Q1

Credit Suisse has reported an attributable net loss of CHF302m for the first quarter of 2016, compared to a profit of CHF1.05bn in the year-ago quarter.

HSBC Singapore transfers retail, wealth units to locally incorporated subsidiary

HSBC has completed the transfer of its retail banking and wealth management operation in Singapore to a locally incorporated subsidiary, HSBC Bank (Singapore).

Boston Private to bolster footprint in southern California

Boston Private, a provider of wealth management, trust and private banking services, is set to launch a new office in the Los Angeles, California.

Close Brothers appoints business development director for North East

UK-based Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has appointed Daniel Neep as its new business development director in the North East.