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BNY Mellon asset management unifies data
08 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit’s enterprise data management platform has been chosen by BNY Mellon Asset Management to unify significant components of its data management operations and eliminate manual processes...

First Names acquires in Guernsey
07 January 2014 Guernsey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

First Names Group has bought Guernsey trust, funds and corporate services provider Mercator, in what has become is the latest in a long line of acquisitions...

OCC reshuffles management
07 January 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has reshuffled its leadership team, and appointed Craig Donohue as executive chairman, with Michael Cahill becoming president and CEO...

Forestry mandate nabbed by Northern Trust
07 January 2014 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Northern Trust has snapped up a forestry pension plan mandate originally maintained by RBC Investor Services...

ALPS creates fixed income fund
07 January 2014 Colorado
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ALPS has launched an open-end mutual fund designed to protect principal while producing high current income...

OneChicago sees record breaking results in 2013
06 January 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Equity finance exchange OneChicago has confirmed a December 2013 volume of 1,174,205 and a total volume of 9,515,194 for 2013...

Eurex pays out for Taiwanese futures exchange
06 January 2014 Taiwan
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex is acquiring a $47 million stake in theTaiwanese futures exchange TAIFEX, in a step forward for Deutsche Börse Group’s Asia strategy...

Susan Martin is new CEO of the LPFA
06 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The London Pensions Fund Authority has made the appointment of Susan Martin as CEO official. Martin has been interim CEO since August, and was previously deputy CEO...

SGX experiences trading peak for derivatives
06 January 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Singapore Exchange (SGX) recorded trading highs in derivatives trading for 2013, but noted that securities trading has declined...

OCC announces cleared contract volume of 4.2 billion
03 January 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

OCC cleared contract volume reached 4,170,855,768 contracts in 2013, up 3 percent from the 2012 annual volume...

Eurex trading volume down in 2013
03 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group ended 2013 with a turnover of approximately 2.2 billion contracts, a reduction of 100 million year-on-year...

Monte Titoli goes for SWIFT
03 January 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Italy’s central securities depository Monte Titoli has selected SWIFT’s MyStandards as its platform for standards-related communication to its customers...