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South Street Securities secures OCC membership

23 March 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Membership of the Chicago-based securities lending CCP will enable South Street to sharpen its competitive edge and connect with a larger number of securities borrowers and lenders

BIS Innovation Hub validates prototype for multi-CBDC platform for international settlements

22 March 2022 APAC
Reporter: Bob Currie

Under Project Dunbar, the BIS Innovation Hub has developed two prototypes for a shared platform that will potentially enable international settlements using digital currencies issued by multiple central banks

Saphyre completes Series A funding round to accelerate product development

22 March 2022 US France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Fintech company Saphyre has completed a Series A funding round of US $18.7 million to accelerate product development in pre- and post-trade areas

Northern Trust and State Street join AFME board

18 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Northern Trust and State Street have joined the Association for Financial Markets in Europe as board members

BNP Paribas partners with CACEIS to combine issuer services

18 March 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with CACEIS to combine issuer services in a joint venture to be owned equally by the two banks

DTCC launches ITP Data Analytics

16 March 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US post-trade infrastructure specialist releases new operational analytics service enabling broker-dealers and buy-side to benchmark performance against counterparties, peers and industry standards

Apex Group acquires majority stake in Fund Admin Chain

15 March 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The majority shareholding is expected to accelerate the adoption of FAC technologies and set a global standard for the tokenisation of funds

Goal Group partners with HTK Connect to enter Japanese market

10 March 2022 Japan
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Goal Group has partnered with HTK Connect Pte to further integrate its withholding tax reclaims and securities class actions recovery services into the Japanese market

Ringing the bell for IWD

09 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The World Federation of Exchanges have seen a record 121 exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs) involved in the annual “Ring the Bell” initiative to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, yesterday (8 March)

Ocorian partners with BlackRock to grow Global Fund business

08 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

BlackRock’s eFront platform will support Ocorian in offering end-to-end asset servicing solutions to their global clients

European Commission will adopt targeted approach for AIFMD and UCITS review

04 March 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Commission has said it will adopt a “targeted approach” in its review of the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive, along with key harmonising provisions within the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securi

ECSDA suspends NSD from membership

03 March 2022 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Central Securities Depository Association indicates that its General Meeting on 9 March 2022 will vote to terminate the membership of its Russian member, the National Settlement Depositary

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