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Traiana connects to trade repositories for EMIR

24 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Traiana, the trade risk processing software firm, will open its Harmony TR platform to four trade repositories by the time of the EU Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) deadline...

Sweetened Russian securities attract Euroclear clients

23 January 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Euroclear Bank and NSD have launched cross-border services for Russian corporate and municipal bonds, with the aim of widening access to the Russian markets...

RCAP diversifies beyond transfer agency

22 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

RCS Capital Corporation is to purchase J.P. Turner & Company, an independent brokerage and investment banking firm, and its affiliated investment advisory company, J.P. Turner & Company Capital Management...

Franklin Templeton mandates Societe Generale

21 January 2014 Rome
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Societe Generale Securities Services in Italy has been appointed by Franklin Templeton Strategic Allocation Funds to act as its Italian paying agent...

Goldman Sachs securities services falls

21 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Securities services net revenues at Goldman Sachs for 2013 were significantly lower compared with the fourth quarter of 2012. In a statement, the firm attribute the fall to the sale of its hedge fund administration business in 2012, for $494 million.

Investor exodus from macro funds

17 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

A new report suggests that investors have abandoned macro funds in 2013 as higher-risk alternatives proved to be more profitable...

LSE listed RQFII ETF appoints HSBC sub-custodian

17 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

HSBC has been appointed sub custodian to Harvest Global Investments’ RQFII ETF tracking CSI300 Index which is the first Luxembourg domiciled RQFII UCITS listed on London Stock Exchange...

Gibraltar aims to be gateway for AIFMD

13 January 2014 Gibraltar
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Gibraltar has become a full signatory to the Multinational Memorandum of Understanding of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)—a regulatory move that positions the territory as a gateway to the AIFMD zone...

Clearstream enables investor access to ETFs

13 January 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Clearstream, in partnership with Vestima, the largest global fund processing platform, will offer investors direct access to an actively managed PIMCO Source exchange-traded fund for the first time...

FundsNetwork appoints Bravura

10 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

FundsNetwork has selected software provider Bravura Solutions to support part of its multi-year programme aimed at enhancing the platform for advisers and their clients...

Russia/Armenia link solidified

10 January 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A partnership between Russia and Armenia has been confirmed, after the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA) signed a memorandum of co-operation...

First European RQFII ETF appoints HSBC custodian

09 January 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

HSBC has become the custodian bank for the first RQFII ETF (RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor Exchange-traded Fund) to be listed in Europe...

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