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Ipes Fund Services to launch UK depository
28 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Ipes Fund Services will launch an alternative investment fund depository at the end of Q1 2013 to support clients with meeting a requirement of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)...

European Stability Mechanism selects Citi
28 February 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) has chosen Citi to provide transaction services for its investment mandate that could reach €80 billion in assets...

State Street finalises Morgan Stanley integration
28 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

State Street Corporation has completed the integration of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing’s fund servicing operations...

LCH.Clearnet LLC names new CEO
27 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

LCH.Clearnet group has appointed David Weisbrod as CEO of its US subsidiary, LCH.Clearnet LLC, to oversee the continued expansion of its multi-national central counterparty clearing (CCP) business...

Chinese Renminbi is on the up
27 February 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Jones

SWIFTS’s latest RMB tracker has shown that Chinese Renminbi (RMB) payments have grown in value by 171 percent between January 2012 and January 2013...

Conifer completes SOC 1 Type 2 review
27 February 2013 San Francisco
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Fund administration provider, Conifer Fund Services, has completed a Service Organisation Controls (SOC) 1 Type II review...

SmartStream launches new reconciliations solution with TLM
26 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

SmartStream Technologies has launched its latest reconciliations solution to cut operational costs and duplication of feeds. The firm also hopes that the new solutions will lead to a single platform for back office operations...

Lombard Risk strengthens US market with two new hires
26 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Lombard Risk Management has appointed Richard Ferrari as managing director in the Americas and Cliff van Tonder as director of global alliances...

BNY names Debra Baker as head of global risk group
26 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Debra Baker has been hired to lead BNY Mellon’s new global risk solutions group...

HSBC makes Roy Zimmerhansl global head of securities lending
25 February 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Roy Zimmerhansl will become global head of securities lending at HSBC Securities Services on 1 March. He will report to John van Verre, head of global custody and treasury services...

Omgeo CTM celebrates worldwide expansion
25 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Twenty-eight investment manager and broker/dealer firms have signed to adopt the new exchange-traded derivatives functionality in Omgeo Central Trade Manager (Omgeo CTM)...

Torstone Tech doubles its Asian headcount
25 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Torstone Technology is expanding its financial technology business in Asian markets with the hiring of a local sales manager and additions to the software development and support team...