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BNP Paribas mandated for Asian UCITS funds
29 November 2013 Malaysia
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been mandated by Hwang Investment Management to provide services to four UCITS funds...

New help for HK"s electronic trading rules
29 November 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit will provide members of the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) an online solution to help compliance with new electronic trading rules from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)...

Credit Suisse is LuxCSD's first transfer agent
28 November 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Credit Suisse Fund Services in Luxembourg has joined Luxembourg’s CSD as its first transfer agent...

FNZ selects Euroclear for fund settlement
28 November 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

FNZ, the custody services provider with £45 billion in assets under administration, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with securities depository Euroclear UK & Ireland...

Will financial services firms self regulate? New report is gloomy
28 November 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The financial services industry is failing to adopt voluntary standards crucial to rebuilding trust in banking, despite overwhelming support from those working in the sector, said a recent report...

LOST: $68 million in unclaimed shares and dividends. Contact SGX for details
27 November 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to locate 89,000 investors who own $68.3 million in unclaimed shares and dividends...

BNY Mellon hires Lars Hella for German depotbank
27 November 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has hired Lars Hella as head of depotbank services in Germany...

Standard Chartered hires two ex-Citi staff for OTC regs
27 November 2013 London and Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Standard Chartered has created a new client-focused unit within its financial markets business to provide optimisation of pricing and execution, access to liquidity hubs, client clearing, and an array of portfolio services within the derivatives mark

October positive for hedge fund inflows
26 November 2013 New York
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Multi-strategy hedge fund flows outpaced all others in October while macro strategies continued to attract allocation, according to eVestment...

BNP Paribas secures custody mandate from Euro Bank
25 November 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

BNP Paribas has confirmed a mandate from the EBRD to provide local custody, settlement, cash and foreign exchange services in Morocco...

Confluence hires for European sales
25 November 2013 Pittsburgh
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Confluence, a provider of data solutions for the investment management industry, has hired Jimmy Harrington as a global sales account executive...

Calastone on automatic high
25 November 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Four third party administrators, including BNY Mellon and Northern Trust are to use Calastone for automated re-registration...