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Temenos extends reach in to US
11 February 2015 Philadelphia
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Temenos has acquired Akcelerant, a US-based financial software provider, in order to improve its financial services solution offerings...

SGSS secures Solvency II mandate
11 February 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale Securities Services has been selected by French reinsurance company Caisse Centrale de Réassurance for their Solvency II Directive solution...

Russian NSD reports bumper Q4 2014
11 February 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Russian CSD, the National Settlement Depository, has released its results for Q4 2014, reporting significant increases in the value of securities...

SGX promotes Lawrence Wong
11 February 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has appointed Lawrence Wong, currently head of listings, as head of its China business...

SEC approves enhanced hedging disclosure
11 February 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The SEC has approved the issuance of proposed rules to enhance corporate disclosure rules around hedging policies for officers, directors and employees...

SWIFT to provide SEPA infrastructure for UK
10 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SWIFT has been selected by the UK payments council to act as vendor for the SEPA IBAN-only central infrastructure platform...

Wassum adopts Calastone network
10 February 2015 Stockholm
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Swedish investment consultant Wassum has gone live on the Calastone global funds transaction network...

Lupton Fawcett appoints Nick Bell
10 February 2015 Leeds
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Lupton Fawcett Denison Till has appointed Nick Bell as director and head of banking and finance...

DTCC’s GMEI claims 50% share of global LEIs
09 February 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC has reported significant growth for its global markets entity identifier (GMEI) in collaboration with SWIFT...

Russian NSD approves cash transfer fee changes
09 February 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Russia’s central securities despository, the National Settlement Depository, has announced the amendments that came out of its supervisory board meeting, as well as an increase in client satisfaction...

Jersey Finance defends island’s transparency
09 February 2015 Jersey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Jersey Finance has defended the transparency of the island’s ownership information, in response to Ed Miliband’s claims that it is a ‘tax haven’ that could be blacklisted under a labour government...

Consultation on outcome-focused fund classification
09 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Investment Association has launched a consultation on how to accommodate and effectively classify the growing number of outcome-focused funds...