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New help for HK"s electronic trading rules

29 November 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit will provide members of the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) an online solution to help compliance with new electronic trading rules from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)...

Credit Suisse is LuxCSD's first transfer agent

28 November 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Credit Suisse Fund Services in Luxembourg has joined Luxembourg’s CSD as its first transfer agent...

FNZ selects Euroclear for fund settlement

28 November 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

FNZ, the custody services provider with £45 billion in assets under administration, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with securities depository Euroclear UK & Ireland...

Will financial services firms self regulate? New report is gloomy

28 November 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The financial services industry is failing to adopt voluntary standards crucial to rebuilding trust in banking, despite overwhelming support from those working in the sector, said a recent report...

LOST: $68 million in unclaimed shares and dividends. Contact SGX for details

27 November 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to locate 89,000 investors who own $68.3 million in unclaimed shares and dividends...

BNY Mellon hires Lars Hella for German depotbank

27 November 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has hired Lars Hella as head of depotbank services in Germany...

Standard Chartered hires two ex-Citi staff for OTC regs

27 November 2013 London and Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Standard Chartered has created a new client-focused unit within its financial markets business to provide optimisation of pricing and execution, access to liquidity hubs, client clearing, and an array of portfolio services within the derivatives mark