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LIM Advisors launches SimCorp’s platform
27 May 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Butcher

LIM Advisors, a Hong Kong based hedge fund, has signed an agreement with SimCorp to utilise SimCorp Dimension for a full front, middle and back office platform...

Citco secures ILS admin mandate
27 May 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Securis Investment Partners has appointed Citco as sole provider of administration services for its portfolio of funds...

LCH.Clearnet to expand FX clearing
26 May 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH.Clearnet is launching a buy-side clearing service of foreign exchange derivatives in Europe, expanding its ForexClear US client clearing model to include European model account structures...

SWIFT and EFAMA: Automation on the up
26 May 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Automation rates are up in the funds industry as a whole, according to a new report from SWIFT and the European Fund and Asset Management Association...

ABN AMRO Clearing to launch futures on Eurex
26 May 2015 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ABN AMRO Clearing will be offering EURO STOXX 50 Variance Futures contracts on Eurex exchange as of 27 May...

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...