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DTCC puts ISO to the test
24 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

DTCC has begun testing ISO 20022 inbound instruction messages, with the aim of providing greater accuracy and efficiency to corporate actions processing for its clients...

Opus hires three and acquires AlphaMetrix360
23 December 2013 Bermuda
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Opus Fund Services has hired three senior employees to join its global management team...

Forward redemptions rise in December
23 December 2013 Connecticut
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2013 measured 5.9 percent, up from 5.09 percent in November...

Maria Cristina Ricciardi joins Deutsche
20 December 2013 São Paulo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Deutsche Bank has hired Maria Cristina Ricciardi from Citigroup to act as its head of global transaction banking and head of trade finance and cash management corporates for Latin America...

MarkitSERV reports to Hong Kong's TR
20 December 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

MarkitSERV, Markit's global electronic trade processing service for OTC derivatives, is reporting interest rates and FX derivative trades to the trade repository operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. ...

Walk and talk like a CCP
19 December 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Thinking like a CCP is the way to get ahead in the new cleared OTC world, was the conclusion formed from a recent whitepaper...

CACEIS partner with Pioneer Investments
19 December 2013 Paris
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

CACEIS has been selected by Pioneer Investments to provide asset servicing and administration for the launch of its first French law fund, the Neuflize High Yield International 2018...

Equity hedge fund inflows push industry assets to five-year high
19 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Hedge fund assets under management have reached a 5-year high, according to a report by eVestment. The institutional investment research firm found that hedge funds are on track for assets to rise $256 billion in 2013, an 80 percent increase over th

Clearstream extends the ICSD settlement day
19 December 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream is extending the settlement day of its international central securities depository (ICSD)...

First Names goes Christmas shopping
18 December 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The trust, fund and corporate service provider First Names Group has purchased Citadel Services PSF Sàrl in Luxembourg—its third acquisition of the year...

BNY Mellon capitalises on CLO recovery
18 December 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has been appointed trustee and portfolio administrator on Avoca Capital CLO X Limited, a €311 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO)...

Svetlana Gryanchenko joins NSD
18 December 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has appointed Svetlana Gryanchenko as director of the company’s cash settlement department...