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Siri-esque voice recognition arrives on the fund market
15 August 2013 Connecticut
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Voice recognition behind devices such as Apple’s Siri and sat nav systems have been introduced into the financial sector...

BNP Paribas hires to boost Hungarian securities services
15 August 2013 Budapest
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas has appointed Gyorgy Cselenyi as the head of securities services in Hungary...

Increased focus on private fund advisors is forcing through change
14 August 2013 Denver
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ALPS Fund Services, which provides administration for the alternative asset management industry, is expanding its broker/dealer solution to service private funds through ALPS Distributors...

IOSCO seeks comment on CCPs
14 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published for public comment a consultative report on the recovery of financial market infrastructures...

SunGard expands corporate actions to Singapore
13 August 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In response to customer demand for solutions to address increasing complexity and volumes of corporate actions in Asia-Pacific, SunGard has expanded its XSP business to build a presence in Singapore...

HSBC exits certain custody businesses out of Bermuda
13 August 2013 Bermuda
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

HSBC Securities Services is wrapping up some of its custody and fund administration services in Bermuda...

New real estate mandate for Capita Financial
12 August 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Capita Financial Group has been appointed as the fund administrator and transfer agent for AEW UK, a real estate investment manager...

Efficiency in Japan is good news for Omgeo
12 August 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Omgeo announced a 47 percent year-on-year increase in equity and fixed income volumes processed on its post-trade services for the Japanese market...

Another real estate coup for CACEIS
09 August 2013 Munich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CACEIS’s experience in servicing real estate funds is paying off, with the asset servicing provider snaring two mandates in August...

Clearstream witnesses healthy July stats
09 August 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

In June 2013, the value of assets under custody that Clearstream held on behalf of its customers registered an increase of 3 percent to €11.5 trillion (compared to €11.2 trillion in July 2012)...

Hedge Fund Association hires for Latin America
09 August 2013 Florida
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Hedge Fund Association has made three recent appointments to both its advisory board, and regional leadership divisions...

CLS Group augments Japan presence
08 August 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CLS Group, the risk mitigation services provider for the FX market, is opening an office in Hong Kong to compliment its long-standing office in Japan...