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Horizons ETFs awards CIBC Mellon fund admin and custody mandate
29 November 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Horizons Exchange Traded Funds and its associate AlphaPro Management—jointly known as Horizons ETFs—has appointed CIBC Mellon to provide it with custody and fund accounting and administration services...

PEAK6 picks Paladyne FastStart
28 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Investment advisory firm PEAK6 Advisors has selected Paladyne FastStart to support the launch of its multi-asset class hedge fund...

Deutsche Börse shakes up personnel
28 November 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Deutsche Börse is revamping its structure, starting off with the appointment of Hauke Stars as responsibile for its newly-structured IT division...

BNP Paribas helps out Australian institutional investors
28 November 2012 Melbourne
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services launched an administration service for alternative assets to help Australian institutional investors...

Northern Trust strengthens Australia tax with Kardaras
28 November 2012 Melbourne
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Zaf Kardaras has joined Northern Trust as tax manager for Australia and New Zealand, supporting financial and tax reporting for clients...

KB Financial appoints BNY Mellon as depository
27 November 2012 Korea
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has been appointed by South Korean institution KB Financial as a depository bank for its American depositary receipt (ADR) programme...

Singapore Exchange increases proxy response by 300 percent
27 November 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Broadridge announced that Singapore Exchange (SGX) increased year-on-year investor proxy response by approximately 300 percent using Broadridge’s proxy management solution...

Cantor Fitzgerald pulled up over fund segregation
27 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Cantor Fitzgerald has been sanctioned $700,000 for allowing customer funds to become under-segregated...

XSP names Lynn Vo new pre-sales consultant
27 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The automated end-to-end corporate actions solutions provider, XSP, has appointed Lynn Vo as a pre-sales consultant, working closely with the global sales team to manage new and existing clients...

First portfolio compression cycle completed in Singapore
27 November 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TriOptima announces that four member banks of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) successfully eliminated more than 82 percent of the Singapore dollar (SGD) interest rate swaps they wanted to terminate...

Sumitomo Mitsui completes acquisition of Daiwa asset servicing
27 November 2012 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

On the 29 June 2012, SMTB signed a share purchase agreement with Daiwa for two entities, Daiwa Securities Trust & Banking (Europe) and Daiwa Securities Trust Europe...

Interactive Data enables consolidated data feed
26 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Interactive Data has a new version of the Interactive Data RMDS Feed Handler, which hopes to deliver a lower latency consolidated data feed at a reduced total cost of ownership...