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MarkitServ and Swift combine forces for FX clearing
20 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

MarkitServ has teamed up with Swift to deliver trades from Swift to FX CCPs, via MarkitServ’s FX clearing gateway...

$50,000 hunt for promising financial services start-ups
20 April 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Innotribe, an initiative by Swift to find promising financial technology and services start-ups, has chosen its 15 semi-finalists to enter the first challenge, where new companies will pitch their products...

Opus Fund Services launch new dashboard
19 April 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Opus Fund Services is to launch its new online client dashboard, iSymphony, which provides hedge fund administration clients with real-time access to a secure environment...

Citi mandated by Guggenheim Investment Advisory
19 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi will provide a complete suite of services including middle office, fund administration and custody for Guggenheim's hedge fund investment platform...

Fresno’s stormy pension fund will see new administrator
19 April 2012 Fresno
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Fund administrator Phillip Kapler will supervise Fresno County's $3.1 billion pension fund. Kapler will replace Roberto Pena as head of the Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association...

BNY Mellon custody a standout among poor first quarter
19 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though the bank reported lower first quarter earnings, with net income for the quarter declining one per cent from $625 million to $619 million, assets under custody or administration rose 4 per cent...

NAB asset servicing replaced by BNP Paribas as Australian custodian
19 April 2012 Canberra
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia & New Zealand will act as the new custodian of AU$1.25 billion of assets held by the AvSuper superannuation fund...

Author warns of FTT-caused destruction
19 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

While the UK veto on the Financial Transactions Tax is solid, an FTT could still cause significant damage to the UK financial services industry...

Nova Scotia seek growth as hedge fund administration centre
19 April 2012 Halifax
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Nova Scotia Business, the Canadian province’s private-sector-led business development agency, will provide middle and back-office services to Admiral Administration...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management delivers KIID
18 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has gone live with KIIDS for its Luxembourg domiciled UCITS funds. Available from 16 April, the company will fully implement KIIDS ahead of the 1 July 2012 deadline...

J.P. Morgan WSS mandated by SKY Harbor for custody
17 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has been selected by SKY Harbor Global Funds, a Luxembourg registered UCITS IV investment company...

The top concerns in European fund management
17 April 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A new EDHEC-Risk survey reveals that “transparency, information and governance” tops the list of concerns for European fund management...