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Global Prime Partners chooses Deutsche
07 April 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Global Prime Partners (GPP) has appointed Deutsche Bank to provide execution, clearing and custody services...

Deutsche to service ASEAN Exchanges
07 April 2014 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Deutsche Bank has been appointed by the ASEAN Exchanges to provide custody and settlement services to market participants of the ASEAN Exchange link...

Carmignac Sécurité appoint portfolio manager
04 April 2014 Europe
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Carmignac Gestion has appointed Keith Ney as portfolio manager of its European bond fund...

First Names ties up Mercator purchase
04 April 2014 Guernsey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

First Names Group has completed its acquisition of Mercator in Guernsey, in a move that has made the group the largest trust, funds and corporate services provider in the Channel Islands...

Eurex Repo on the up and up
04 April 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Repo, which operates Swiss Franc, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, recorded in all markets in March 2014 an average outstanding volume of €217.3 billion, increasing from the €215.3 billion seen last year...

SGSS builds up French sales team
03 April 2014 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has hired Gilles Maréchal as head of sales for institutional investors in France. He will report to Jean-François Marchand, head of sales for SGSS in France...

BNY Mellon takes Volkswagen's wheel
03 April 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has been appointed account bank and paying agent by Volkswagen Financial Services AG on a €3 billion asset-backed security (ABS) warehousing programme for auto leases...

EuroCCP is free to do what it wants
03 April 2014 Amsterdam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

EuroCCP, the European cash equities clearer, is now an authorised central counterparty under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...

Pascal Thorens assumes RBC Swiss role
03 April 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has hired Pascal Thorens as the managing director of Switzerland...

Survey reveals uncertainty among fund managers
02 April 2014 Pittsburgh
Reporter: Stephen Durham

67 percent of alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) say they are still concerned with reporting to local regulators, according to Confluence's 2014 Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) Transparency Reporting Survey...

Euroclear and Latin Clear welcomes global investors
02 April 2014 Panama City
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Euroclear Bank and Central Latinoamericana de Valores SA (Latin Clear) are to launch an international link to enable global investors to participate in Panama’s capital markets. The link is to be sponsored by Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Fina

Cost cutting drives down custody scores
01 April 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In a 2014 survey of global custodians, it was found that Pictet, RBC and BNP Paribas were highest ranked, but that overall, scores declined across the board...