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Ireland changes up funds regime as AIFMD nears implementation
05 November 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Central Bank of Ireland has proposed enhancements to its non-UCITS regime in preparation for AIFMD. ??It is proposed that the current Qualifying Investor Fund (QIF) regime will be replaced with a new QIAIF regime...

Standard Chartered appoints Alan Naughton and Andrew Hempshall
05 November 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Standard Chartered has appointed Alan Naughton as global product head of investors & intermediaries, transaction banking, and Andrew Hempshall as global head of solution delivery & service, investors & intermediaries, transaction banking...

Malta’s fund industry sees steady rise
02 November 2012 Malta
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) statistics show that the number of funds that are domiciled in Malta has risen...

MarketAxess set to acquire Xtrakter from Euroclear
02 November 2012 London and Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Jones

MarketAxess, the US operator of an electronic trading platform, has agreed to purchase Xtrakter, a capital markets data provider...

Raiffeisen bags new senior advisor
02 November 2012 Vienna
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has recruited Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy as senior advisor for wholesale custody and fund business...

Interactive Data opts for XSP software
01 November 2012 SIbos
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Interactive Data Corporation’s global corporate actions data is now available through XSP’s new cloud-based offering, XSPrisa...

Collateral quality equal to cost
01 November 2012 Sibos
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Almost all of the respondents to a Six Securities Services survey believe that the quality and cost of collateral should be given equal consideration...

Legis appoints Anna Storey as COO of fund admin
31 October 2012 St Peter Port
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Legis Group has recruited Anna Storey as COO of its fund administration division, Legis Fund Services...

BNY Mellon seals the deal with Thomas Miller
30 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Thomas Miller Investment (TMI) has signed a ten-year administration and custody outsourcing agreement with BNY Mellon...

East Capital SICAV appoints SGSS Italy
30 October 2012 Sibos
Reporter: Jenna Jones

East Capital SICAV has recruited Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Italy to act as its local transfer agent, providing a complete range of securities services...

SGSS selects Swiss Life Asset Management
29 October 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Swiss Life Asset Management has chosen Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) to provide securities services for 60 investment funds totaling €5.5 billion of AUM...

J.P. Morgan offers daily portfolio reconciliation
29 October 2012 SIbos
Reporter: Jenna Jones

J.P. Morgan’s Agency Clearing, Collateral Management and Execution (ACCE) business has introduced daily portfolio reconciliation for its derivatives collateral management clients...