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Major partnership for UK pension funds
02 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Lancashire County Pension Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority have initiated the development of a new asset and liability management partnership...

Orfival acquired by Confluence
02 December 2014 Pittsburgh
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Confluence has acquired Belgium-based data solutions provider Orfival...

SS&C shells out $95 million for DST Global
02 December 2014 Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SS&C Technologies Holdings has acquired DST Global Solutions, a subsidiary of DST Systems, for $95 million in cash...

Scottish Investment Trust PLC mandates Northern Trust
01 December 2014 Edinburgh
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Scottish Investment Trust PLC has mandated Northern Trust to provide global custody and depository services for its assets, valued at a total of $1.4 billion...

Markel appoints new pair
01 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Markel International has made two appointments in its professional and financial risks division...

Confluence adds Orfival to analytics family
01 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Confluence has acquired specialist fund analytics company Orfival, with the aim of adding new capabilities in performance risk analytics and attribution services...

Futures are the future, says LCH.Clearnet
01 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH.Clearnet has re-classified its OTC commodities derivatives contracts as block futures trades, in response to demands from market and clearing members...

PIMCO launches actively managed fixed income ETF
01 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

PIMCO has launched the first actively managed fixed income ETF in Euroclear’s international structure, launching its Low Duration Corporate Bond Source UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange...

HSBC Swiss Private Bank charged over US federal laws
28 November 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC’s Swiss private banking unit has admitted violating federal security law by providing cross-border services to US clients without registering as providers with the SEC...

Arjun Bambawale departs HSBC Security Services
28 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has confirmed that Arjun Bambawale has left his position as head of securities services for Europe...

ARC launches Swiss franc private client indices
28 November 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Independent investment consultancy Asset Risk Consultants (ARC) has launched four Swiss franc denominated private client indices...

First ADR depository launched in 20 years
28 November 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Convergex has become the first financial institution to establish a new ADR depository for more than 20 years...