ICE Clear Europe recognised as third country CCP under EMIR
Intercontinental Exchange has announced that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario, ICE Clear Europe has been recognised as a third-country central counterparty (CCP)…
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ICE Clear Europe recognised as third country CCP under EMIR
Intercontinental Exchange has announced that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario, ICE Clear Europe has been recognised as a third-country central counterparty (CCP)…
EquiLend Partners With Stonewain to Offer Securities Finance Platform
EquiLend has partnered with Stonewain to offer securities finance market participants around the globe the ability to manage their book of business on a single,…
Akiyoshi Nagashima appointed CIO at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management (SMTAM) has appointed Akiyoshi Nagashima as Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Based in Tokyo, Mr Nagashima will also be responsible for…
What has changed in the way that hedge funds operate?
Truss Edge, an IT platform for managing hedge funds’ STP requirements, celebrates 20 years of activity as an independent service for fund managers this month….
SETL announces Christian Noyer to join its board of directors
Christian Noyer, former Governor of the Banque De France has joined the board of directors of SETL Development Ltd. SETL was launched in July 2015…
Bank Leumi (UK) selects Volante Technologies’ VolPay Open Banking PSD2 solution
Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of software for accelerated end-to-end payments processing and financial message integration, has announced that Bank Leumi (UK) has selected VolPay Open…
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GMEX Fusion adds Digital Asset Custodian and Vault capabilities
GMEX Technologies Ltd (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions, has launched ForumCustody and ForumWallet to include Digital Custodian and Vault capabilities. …
ICE Clear Credit is granted Recognised Clearing House status from the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. has announced that ICE Clear Credit, ICE’s U.S.-based credit default swap (CDS) clearing house, has been granted Recognised Clearing House status from the…
The challenge of regulatory transaction reporting
Since 2008, financial institutions have experienced an avalanche of regulation; the US introduced the Dodd-Frank act which was followed by EMIR and MiFID II in…
Laven Announces Brexit Partnership
Two investment management platform firms have forged a partnership to offer a one-stop hosting solution to its international client base of hedge funds, private equity…
BNP Paribas partners with the Itarle Group
BNP Paribas has partnered with the Itarle Group, a best execution algorithm order analytics provider, to offer buy-side clients with access to real-time Transaction Cost…
MFEX to acquire RBC I&TS’ Global Fund Platform
MFEX is to expand its footprint in Europe and Asia by entering into an agreement with RBC Investor & Treasury Services (“RBC I&TS”), part of…
In conversation with Eddie Astanin, National Settlement Depository, Russia
What trends have you seen in the settlement and clearing space over the last 12 months, as well as some of the work NSD has…
Considerations for Corporate Actions in the New Digital Era
Kelly Warner, Fidelity Corporate Actions Digital transformation, digitization, digital technology, machine learning, agile methodologies, blockchain technologies, and artificial intelligence are just some of the processes…
Focus on intraday liquidity management
by Peter Hainz, SmartStream Intraday liquidity risk has been a focus for regulators since the start of the 2007/08 financial crisis. Five years later, in…
Benguela selects Prescient Fund Services as UCITS management company
Benguela Global Fund Managers, a fundamental research-driven and quality-focused investment manager, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the UCITS Management Company and Fund…
DSB Announce User Fee Discounts amid Additional Service Improvements
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has announced additional service improvements for 2019, as well as estimated 2019 user fees 4% below 2018 levels, assuming similar uptake of…
State Street Completes Acquisition of Charles River Development
State Street Corporation has completed its acquisition of Charles River Systems, Inc. (Charles River Development). The combination of State Street and Charles River Development will…
Value Partners establishes new office in Kuala Lumpur
Value Partners Group Limited (“Value Partners” or “the Group”) has established a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new location is the latest addition…
Allfunds expands its Asia team
Allfunds is expanding its capabilities in Asia with the appointment of Oliver Stewart-Malir, who has joined as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Asia,Vinita Badlani, who has joined as Head…
SGSS wins Transtrend’s mandate
SGSS has won Transtrend’s Luxembourg fund range for depositary and custody services under AIFM-D further increasing its Dutch client base. The key reasons for selecting…