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eVestment closes deal on fifth acquisition
05 December 2012 Atlanta
Reporter: Jenna Jones

eVestment continues to expand its global capabilities to encompass multiple financial disciplines with the takeover of StokTrib—its fifth in two years...

UAE bank selects Northern Trust to administer ETF
04 December 2012 London
Reporter: Tunde Nagy

National Bank of Abu Dhabi has chosen Northern Trust as administrator and custodian of the UAE’s first physically replicated exchange trade fund (ETF), which the bank has renamed NBAD OneShare MSCI UAE ETF...

BNY Mellon puts asset servicing clients on report
04 December 2012 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon has developed a new suite of online report templates to address the changing needs of its asset servicing client base, which it recently expanded with the addition of Thomas Miller Investment...

Switzerland to comply with AIFMD
04 December 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Switzerland has beaten the July 2013 deadline to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)...

Wells Fargo renames Merlin Securities
04 December 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo & Company has rebranded recently acquired Merlin Securities to Wells Fargo Prime Services...

Apex opens new Guernsey office
03 December 2012 St Peter Port
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Independent fund administration firm, Apex Fund Services, has expanded its private equity services with the opening of a new office in Guernsey...

Selftrade selects xanite
03 December 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Execution-only broker Selftrade is implementing the peterevans xanite platform to deliver STP efficiency and enhanced functionality to its back office...

Prague Stock Exchange joins Deutsche Börse Xetra system
03 December 2012 Prague
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Prague Stock Exchange has transferred its electronic securities trading to Deutsche Börse's Xetra trading system as of 30 November...

Conifer Group makes management changes
03 December 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Conifer Group has promoted Howard Eisen to head of business development alongside naming Manish Garg as the firm’s chief information officer...

Kaufman Rossin Fund Services appoints Harrison Blase
30 November 2012 Dallas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

After a lengthy search, Kaufman Rossin Fund Services has recruited Harrison Blase as senior operations manager for its Texas office...

Northern Trust recruits Parker to aid fund admin expansion
30 November 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Northern Trust has hired Edwin Parker to support the firm’s alternatives business development team as it expands across the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Channel Islands...

FTN Financial selects SunGard’s Stream Securities
30 November 2012 Tennessee
Reporter: Jenna Jones

FTN Financial Capital Markets has implemented SunGard’s Stream Securities suite of solutions, providing its fixed income business with improved access to real-time information, reduced operational risk and increased efficiency and transparency...