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The top ten finance centres of 2012
23 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

London took first place in the latest Global Financial Centres Index, with Jersey retaining its position as the highest rated offshore international finance centre...

Heather Bestwick of Jersey Finance promoted
23 March 2012 Jersey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Jersey Finance has appointed Heather Bestwick to the new role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer...

New appointment for Graystone Consulting
23 March 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Graystone Consulting, a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, announced the appointment of Robert Dow to one of the firm’s consulting group teams...

FASB to revise repo
22 March 2012 US
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

FASB revised its standards for repo agreements in 2011 as a response to the use of ‘Repo 105’ transactions by Lehman Brothers, and now the board have decided to add a new agenda item after the collapse of MF Global...

Fund managers increasingly bullish on global growth
22 March 2012 US
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

28 per cent of fund managers expect the world’s economy to grow in 2012, an increase of 17 per cent from February’s results...

NAB asset servicing to provide custody for ARPC
22 March 2012 Australia
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation has given National Australia Bank Asset Servicing a $740 million directive to provide its custodial services...

Northern Trust new custodian of UnitedHealth
22 March 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Northern Trust announced it will provide global custodial services for the Minneapolis-based UnitedHealth Group...

Hartford Financial Services breaks up
22 March 2012 Connecticut
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Hartford Financial Services group has shut down its annuity business, pursuing a sale or other options for its individual life insurance, retirement plan and broker-dealer businesses...

Misys accepts Vista Equity offer
21 March 2012 US and London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Financial software services provider Misys has agreed to Vista Equity Partner’s £1.26 billion bid, with its board telling shareholders the 350 pence-a-share cash deal is: ‘unlikely to be bettered’...

Ohio replaces custodians BNY Mellon and State Street
21 March 2012 Ohio
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon and State Street are being swapped out for J.P. Morgan and Citigroup as custodians of international investments for four Ohio pension funds, state treasurer Josh Mandel said...

Rivalry intensifies for FX clearing
21 March 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Competition for forex clearing is hotting up as the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) prepares to enter the market alongside players CME Group and LCH.Clearnet...

Rezabek appointed president of Huntington Asset Services
20 March 2012 Indianapolis
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Huntington Asset Services has appointed Joseph Rezabek as president of the company...