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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

Russia’s central bank restricts short selling

25 February 2022 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of Russia has imposed a ban on short selling that came into effect on Thursday 24 February and will remain until further notice

FE fundinfo acquires Fundsquare following LuxSE partnership

24 February 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

FE fundinfo is set to acquire Fundsquare, a fund registration and regulatory services provider, following its partnership with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

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

5th Century Partners selects Northern Trust for fund services

24 February 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Chicago-based private investment firm 5th Century Partners has selected Northern Trust to provide its fund administration and related services

Itau Unibanco S.A. picks BNP Paribas for custody services

24 February 2022 Columbia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Brazilian financial services company, Itau Unibanco S.A. has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide local custody and settlement services for its assets in the Colombian market

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

Uphold receives FCA authorisation to operate as a registered crypto firm

23 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Multi-asset digital money platform Uphold has received authorisation from the UK Financial Conduct Authority to operate as a registered crypto asset firm in the UK

Digital Pound Foundation partners with CryptoUK

23 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Digital Pound Foundation has partnered with CryptoUK, a self-regulatory trade association for the UK cryptoasset industry, as part of a wider effort to foster a stronger ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK

IQ-EQ appoints new managing director for Guernsey

23 February 2022 Guernsey
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

A chartered accountant, Kok has more than 24 years’ industry experience running fund management businesses in both the asset servicing and asset management sectors

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