The panel highlighted that providing a digital platform that can adapt to local legislations and combine new product features is a goal that the industry should be working towards

Legal advice provider Ogier has promoted Martin Byers to counsel in its Cayman Islands division

BNP Paribas appoints Camille Papillard as head of financial intermediaries and corporates (FI&C) EMEA and Stanislas Beneteau as head of FI&C Americas

Based in London, Punt will play an active role in building JTC’s intermediary relationships and developing its overall private equity and venture capital offering, with a particular focus on the firm’s UK and Channel Islands proposition

Startup payments platform Mash has secured US$6 million in seed funding, co-led by Castle Island Ventures and Whitecap Venture Partners, and including other participatory angel investors

Financial services group Ocorian has appointed Fiona Crellin as managing director of the Cayman Islands

An industry consortium has co-signed a joint-association statement setting out a common interpretation of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s statement which outlines EU legislators do not expect market participants to take further action

European securities market regulator clarifies its supervisory approach on implementation of buy-in regime, confirming news from November that it has asked co-legislators for a delay in buy-in element

The independent fund and corporate services provider will leverage Fenergo’s CLM solution across its offices in the Channel Islands, Europe and the US

Ocorian has hired Nathaniel Luker as a new partner of its Cayman Islands legal arm, Ocorian Law (Cayman) Limited

Report says Commission will consider a REFIT legislative review of CSDR, subject to an impact assessment

Eligible clients now have access to the Middle Eastern country’s Islamic and corporate bond market and listed ETFs thanks to an indirect linkage established via HSBC Saudi Arabia acting as local custodian for Clearstream