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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

Fair Place Finance leverages Broadridge’s SRD II solution

03 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Broadridge’s Shareholder Disclosure Hub is a digital solution that uses API and blockchain-based technologies to address Shareholder Rights Directive II shareholder disclosure requirements

Euronext and Clearstream strengthen collaboration for access to Danish markets

02 March 2022 Denmark
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Securities has partnered with Clearstream to provide asset services to Clearstream Banking AG as investor central securities depositary (CSD) for the Danish market

Euroclear and Clearstream halt settlements for Russian securities

02 March 2022 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream are no longer accepting Russian ruble as a settlement currency on their international central securities depositories in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

UK Finance and IHS Markit assist CMORG to launch new framework

25 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Trade association UK Finance, with assistance from IHS Markit’s KY3P platform, has developed The Supplier Assurance Framework, as part of a wider effort to solve the industry problems associated with collective supplier assurance

Proxymity and Computershare partner for US vote confirmation pilot

25 February 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Proxymity and transfer agent Computershare have partnered to support an industry-led pilot intended to deliver end-to-end vote confirmations to improve the transparency of voting for investors and issuers

Assets on GBST’s Composer platform significantly increase in 2021

24 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Assets on GBST’s wealth management platform, Composer, increased by almost a fifth (18 per cent) to nearly £180 billion at year-end 2021

EFAMA sees rise in net sales of UCITS and AIFs for 2021 amid COVID-19 economic recovery

24 February 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The main reasons for the increase were the advancing COVID-19 global vaccination campaign and the strength of economic recovery

Global class action securities litigation tops US$3 billion, says Broadridge report

23 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Among the identified trends in the report, there was a rise in SPAC and cryptocurrency-related securities litigation, the first of which was the Block.one settlement

MUFG Investor Services launches new business consulting group

14 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jamie Wallace

MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has launched a business consulting group, which aims to deliver intelligence and solutions to financial clients across the world

FundServ manager takes on new role at KPMG International

11 February 2022 Canada
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Kat Ball has been appointed as global people survey operations lead at KPMG International, following an extensive career in a variety of asset servicing roles

BNP Paribas reports “strong business drive” for 2021

10 February 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNP Paribas’s end-of-year report showed that 2021 was a year of strong growth for its assets under custody and assets under administration, as well as its wider securities services

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