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Bequant gains approvals for exchange and prime brokerage products

07 January 2021 Malta
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The MFSA has approved in principle a Class 3 Virtual Financial Assets Licence to Bequant Pro to provide VFA services as a prime brokerage to experienced investors

Six industry players team up to create a new asset management platform

07 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit, State Street, PIMCO, Man Group, Microsoft, and McKinsey & Company have all joined forces to collaborate on the new asset management operating platform

IQ-EQ acquires Constellation Advisers marking its second US acquisition in 12 months

06 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IQ-EQ has acquired Constellation Advisers, a US co-sourced and outsourced investment management services provider

Brexit deal shows 'lack of focus' on financial services

05 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Industry experts from the financial services sector discuss the short term outcomes as well as the longer term effects

Brexit: ESMA withdraws registration of four UK-based TRs

04 January 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The UK-based TRs to have been withdrawn include DTCC Derivatives Repository, UnaVista, CME Trade Repository, ICE Trade Vault Europe

Standard Chartered China supports first stock borrowing deal by QFII

04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered Bank (China) has taken on the role of the custodian in assisting a large overseas institutional investor to complete a stock borrowing deal in the A-share market

HSBC enables short selling transactions under the QFII/RQFII scheme

04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The first short selling transactions took place on 29 December marking the first time offshore investors could participate in MF&SS transactions on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges

Banks show progress towards meeting fully phased-in final Basel III capital requirements

23 December 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Prior to COVID-19, large internationally active banks made further progress towards meeting fully phased-in final Basel III capital requirements and their liquidity ratios improved compared with end-June 2019

Gresham House acquires Appian Asset Management

23 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

By acquiring the Ireland of Republic based-Appian, Gresham House will accelerate its growth plans set out in its five-year strategy through the creation of a formal international presence in Ireland

SEBI sets framework on the core settlement guarantee fund

22 December 2020 India
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SEBI has set out the core settlement guarantee fund, stress testing and default waterfall procedures in its circular ‘Core Settlement Guarantee Fund, Default Waterfall and Stress Test for Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation'

ESMA sees spike in EU market abuse sanctions

22 December 2020 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The annual revealed that NCAs and other authorities imposed a total of €88 million in fines related to 339 administrative and criminal actions under MAR

Aberdeen Standard Investments extends transfer agency relationships

22 December 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments has extended its transfer agency services relationship with SS&C and International Financial Data Services to its Luxembourg division

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