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Alexandra Ricciardi moves from JP to BNP Paribas
14 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has hired Alexandra Ricciardi to extend the firm’s collateral franchise to North America...

Gibraltar aims to be gateway for AIFMD
13 January 2014 Gibraltar
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Gibraltar has become a full signatory to the Multinational Memorandum of Understanding of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)—a regulatory move that positions the territory as a gateway to the AIFMD zone...

Clearstream enables investor access to ETFs
13 January 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Clearstream, in partnership with Vestima, the largest global fund processing platform, will offer investors direct access to an actively managed PIMCO Source exchange-traded fund for the first time...

Information Mosaic boosts Irish qualifications
13 January 2014 Dublin
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Information Mosaic and Griffith College have joined forces to create a diploma for the investor services industry, with the aim of maintaining Ireland's strength as an investment funds centre...

Clearstream's custody is solid for 2013
13 January 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream closed off the year with a record a record €12 trillion in assets under custody held on behalf of customers...

FundsNetwork appoints Bravura
10 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

FundsNetwork has selected software provider Bravura Solutions to support part of its multi-year programme aimed at enhancing the platform for advisers and their clients...

Canadian regulators lay down clearing laws
10 January 2014 Ontario
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Canadian securities commissions have laid out rules in regard to seeking recognition as a clearing agency (or an exemption from the recognition requirement) under local rules...

Russia/Armenia link solidified
10 January 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A partnership between Russia and Armenia has been confirmed, after the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA) signed a memorandum of co-operation...

First European RQFII ETF appoints HSBC custodian
09 January 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

HSBC has become the custodian bank for the first RQFII ETF (RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor Exchange-traded Fund) to be listed in Europe...

BNY farms for funds
09 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon is, for the first time, providing depository and related services in Germany for closed alternative investment funds investing in property, agriculture, private equity and renewable energies...

Gemini has a new hedge fund services business
09 January 2014 Omaha
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Gemini Fund Services now has an expanded range of services for hedge fund clients...

Back offices have learnt from banks' mistakes
08 January 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Untapped data gold mines are the future for fund administrators, predicted Confluence in a recent report...