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HKMA supports Hong Kong-China funds agreement

26 May 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The HKMA has welcomed a mutual recognition funds agreement between Hong Kong and China, announced by the Securities and Futures Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission...

Broadridge announces acquisition

22 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Broadridge has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to acquire the Fiduciary Services and Competitive Intelligence unit from Thomson Reuters Lipper...

SWIFT Institue focuses on Europe

22 May 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephen Durham

European mutual funds have embraced outsourcing different types of services, according to new research from the SWIFT Institute...

Barclays promotes Rickards

22 May 2015 Isle of Man
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Barclays has appointed Steve Rickards as head of offshore funds...

Daiwa goes live with Torstone’s Inferno

21 May 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Torstone Technology and Daiwa Capital Markets Hong Kong (Daiwa HK) have transferred onto Torstone’s post-trade processing platform, Inferno...

AIFMD burden hurting European investment

21 May 2015 Guernsey
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Some fund managers are passing up European investment opportunities in a bid to avoid the AIFMD, according to a panel discussion at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015...

NSD ‘broadly’ compliant with PFMIs

20 May 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The National Settlement Depository’s (NSD’s), Russia’s central securities depositary, is ‘broadly’ observant overall of the CPMI IOSCO PFMIs, according to an independent third-party review by Thomas Murray...