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Broadridge acquires foreign exchange ally
05 January 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Broadridge has acquired foreign exchange technology company TwoFour Systems in a bid to meet rising demand for foreign exchange and cash management technology in financial institutions...

Exclusive: Guernsey's vision for 2015
05 January 2015 Guernsey
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Newly appointed chief executive of Guernsey Finance, Dominic Wheatley, has outlined a number of the jurisdiction’s plans for growth in 2015...

SGSS appoints new head of commercial
05 January 2015 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Christophe Baurand as global head of commercial, marketing and liquidity management...

BlackRock builds iShares team
05 January 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock has appointed Matthew Fowles to its iShares team to focus exclusively on the securities lending ecosystem and to help propel ETFs in to the mainstream assets market...

Eurex traded 8.3 million contracts per day in 2014
05 January 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Eurex Group has released its figures for 2014, revealing that it traded a total volume of 2.1 billion contracts, or around 8.3 million per day...

IFDS appoints two senior executives in Luxembourg
05 January 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Becky Butcher

International Financial Data Services (IFDS) has appointed two senior executives, Jean-Benoit Naudin and Dale Quarry, to its Luxembourg leadership team...

SGX and Nasdaq stick together to upgrade
05 January 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has further strengthened its relationship with Nasdaq, employing new technologies to upgrade SGX’s derivatives trading and clearing platform...

Fresh investigation for PwC
24 December 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a second investigation under its Accountancy Scheme into PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC’s) conduct in its capacity as auditor to Barclays Bank...

Northern Trust elects two
24 December 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Northern Trust has elected Dean Harrison to its board of directors, effective as of 1 January 2015...

Goal Group appoints William Salva
23 December 2014 Philadelphia
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Goal Group has appointed William Salva as global business development manager and will be based in Philadelphia...

Hard-to-value assets among top AIFMD reporting worries
23 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Kinetic Partners has outlined the three top challenges faced by firms under the alternative investment fund manager’s directive (AIFMD) Annex IV reporting requirements...

Deutsche Börse DAX indices are IOSCO compliant
23 December 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Börse has announced that its DAX index family officially comply with the international Organisation of Securities Commission’s (IOSCO’s) principles for financial benchmarks...