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SC Malaysia chair elected to leadership role

12 February 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Securities Commission Malaysia chairman Datuk Syed Zaid Albar has been elected the vice chair of the international organisation of securities commissions growth and emerging markets committee

Millennium Trust sees assets under custody rise

11 February 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Millennium Trust Company ended last year with $26.6 billion assets under custody in almost 1.2 million accounts—the latter of which is up 50 percent from 2017

AIFMD hardly benefited industry, says panellist

07 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

AIFMD has brought little benefit to the industry, according to one panellist at this year’s Fund Marketing & Distribution Europe Conference in London

Opinions differ around MiFID II at industry conference

07 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MiFID II has welcomed a healthy rationalisation of relationships within the industry, according to one panellist at this year’s Fund Marketing & Distribution Europe Conference

Swiss frameworks consistent with PFMI

07 February 2019 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The CPMI and IOSCO made the assessment in a joint white paper, entitled ‘Implementation monitoring of PFMI: Assessment report for Switzerland’, which reflects the status of Switzerland's framework as of 30 June 2017

Apex completes acquisition of Ipes

06 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Apex Group has completed an acquisition of private equity administrator, Ipes

BNP Paribas’ custody down compared to previous year

06 February 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNP Paribas’ assets under custody stood at €9.3 trillion as at 31 December 2018, this was down 1.3 percent compared to the same time last year

ASX total capital down on previous month

06 February 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The total capital raised by The Australian Stock Exchange was $0.4 billion in January 2019, down 84 percent on the previous corresponding period

Canadian pension plans end year in negative territory

06 February 2019 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Canadian defined benefit pension plans ended 2018 in negative territory, with an annual return of -0.7 percent, reversing gains from the previous three quarters this year, according to the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe

NAFAA marks its first birthday

05 February 2019 Boston
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The North American Fund Administration Association marked its first birthday on 1 February

ADX partners with Edaa to strengthen bilateral cooperation

04 February 2019 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has signed an agreement with the Securities Depository Center Company

SimCorp: Counterparty exposures present biggest struggles for firms

01 February 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Some 79 percent of buy-side heads of operations reported that their biggest operational struggle as accurately measuring firm-wide limits and counterparty exposures in a recent SimCorp commissioned survey

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