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SGSS Germany strengthens its team
19 March 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has made two appointments to strengthen its sales team in Germany...

Mark Davies leaves Standard Chartered
18 March 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A spokesperson from Standard Chartered has confirmed that industry veteran Mark Davies has left the bank as of the end of February, following six years of employment...

New private bank starts to report
18 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The new private bank SCOBAN has selected Lombard Risk to provide it with a fully automated, end-to-end regulatory solution for Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and European Banking Authority (EBA) reporting...

OCC pulls out chairs for new 2014 board
18 March 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OCC has appointed new board officers and board committee chairs for 2014...

Northern Trust boosts collateral options
17 March 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Northern Trust is enhancing its collateral management and liquidity solutions to help clients meet the requirements of implementing multiple, inconsistent regulations...

Lucky number seven
17 March 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Harneys is to open of its seventh office in Singapore on 7 April 2014, while Colin Riegels, head of Harneys’ banking and finance practice group, will relocate from Hong Kong to Singapore and will be joined by Hong Kong funds partner Lisa Pearce...

Risks still persist, says ESMA
17 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Stress in EU securities markets has decreased, but key markets and investors continue to face substantive risks, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority...

La Mutuelle Générale appoints BNP Paribas
17 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

La Mutuelle Générale, one of France’s largest mutual insurance providers, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services for custody of its €2 billion portfolio...

The flock of AIFMD licenses continues
14 March 2014 Dublin
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

KB Associates’s management company has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland under AIFMD...

Crestbridge awarded internal AIFM licence
14 March 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Crestbridge is one of the first firms to be granted AIFM licensing by the Luxembourg regulator CSSF, to become a provider of management company services to alternative investment funds...

Citi and East Capital invest in mainland China
13 March 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi Investor Services has been picked by an asset manager specialising in emerging and frontier markets to provide a complete suite of fund services...

AXA just one of many to expand in LatAm
13 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services and AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) have extended an existing partnership to include settlement agency services in Latin America...