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LCH.Clearnet appoints new global head of CDSClear
23 March 2015 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Frank Soussan will become global head of CDSClear on 1 July 2015, LCH.Clearnet has confirmed...

Citibank “must obey Argentine laws” in bond payments
23 March 2015 Buenos Aires
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has said that Citibank “must obey Argentine laws” and pay its bond holders, despite a ruling in a US federal court forbidding the payments...

HSBC to service a German RQFII
20 March 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Becky Butcher

HSBC has become the first custodian bank in China to service a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) based in Germany...

Mitsubishi UFJ appoints Ken McCarney
19 March 2015 Bermuda
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services has appointed Ken McCarney as chief executive officer...

Changes to derivatives margin requirements delayed
19 March 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Changes for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives will be delayed by nine months, the Basel Committee and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have agreed...

REGIS-TR applies for RRM registration
18 March 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Trade repository REGIS-TR has submitted its application to become a registered reporting mechanism (RRM) to the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)...

GMEX Group appoints Sandy Broderick
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

GMEX Group has appointed Sandy Broderick as non-executive director (NED) to the boards of GMEX Technologies...

Clearstream and ICE collaborate on collateral
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream and ICE Clear Europe are collaborating to create a tri-party margin collateral management service, linking the London-based CCP to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub...

Custom House re-launching Global Fund Services
18 March 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

TMF Group and Custom House Global Fund Services are to separate, creating an independent, stand-alone fund services operation...

TSAM: Annex IV data discussion to come
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK FCA is unsure when it will be in a position to discuss the data it has received from Annex IV reporting obligations, according to a panellist at TSAM Europe in London...

TSAM: role of the middle office on the rise
17 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The asset management industry could see major structural changes, an increased role for the middle office, and a move towards responsible investment, according to a panel at TSAM Europe in London...

Multrees selects Babel Systems platform
17 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Babel Systems has signed contracts with Multrees Investor Services to provide its securities processing software as a key component of Multrees’s custody and investment administration service for wealth managers and private investment offices...