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BNP Paribas confirm senior appointments
18 February 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

BNP Paribas Securities Services has confirmed that Charles Cock and José Placido have both started their new roles as vice chairman international and global head of client development, respectively...

€1.4b outflows for European mutual funds
18 February 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European mutual funds industry saw net outflows of €1.4 billion from long-term mutual funds in December 2014...

SS&C GlobeOp sails through Annex IV deadline
18 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C’s GlobeOp Annex IV reporting service successfully aided more than 50 alternative investment fund managers with their reporting obligations, in order to meet the 31 January reporting deadline...

Societe Generale invests in GMEX
18 February 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale Prime Services has become the second minority investor in the Global Markets Exchange Group...

ESMA to focus on risks and fair fees in 2015
17 February 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA will prioritise minimising systemic risk for credit rating agencies in 2015 and 16, while investigating data quality and fees charged by trade repositories...

95% of asset managers confident about 3-year growth
17 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset management company CEOs expect revenue growth in the near future, with 88 percent feeling confident about growth in 2015, and 95 percent saying they are confident about the next three years...

IOSCO to sign MOU with Russia
17 February 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions will sign a multilateral memorandum of understanding with Russia, regarding interactions in the financial market...

Hack highlights holes in cyber security
17 February 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A string of cyber attacks that saw about $1 billion stolen from banks affected 100 banks, e-payment systems and other organisations in a two-year period, according to an investigation by Kaspersky Lab...

Allen & Overy expands Frankfurt team
16 February 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Allen & Overy has further expanded its German capital markets practice with the hire of Christoph Enderstein who will join as partner...

Leap in broker fees imminent, says Catalyst
16 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks may be forced to increase their capital broker fees from the typical 1-2 percent to 14 to 15 percent under increasing regulations around leverage ratio...

GEPF chooses Standard Bank
16 February 2015 Pretoria
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The South African Government Employees Pension Fund has chosen Standard Bank to provide custody and recordkeeping services for its 1.5 trillion rand of assets under management...

BNP Paribas names new head of Australia and NZ
16 February 2015 Australia
Reporter: Becky Butcher

BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed David Braga as head of Australia and New Zealand...