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Daiwa hires European Central Bank economist
19 April 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Daiwa Capital Markets has hired a former European Central Bank (ECB) economist as part of its strategy to strengthen its global research offerings..

HSBC builds in Singapore
19 April 2011 Singapore
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

HSBC in Singapore has consolidated its position as a key service provider to UOB Asset Management Ltd (UOBAM) with the mandate win for trustee services on 12 local unit trust funds...

BNY Mellon appoints Stephen Lackey as chairman of Asia-Pacific
18 April 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon has appointed Stephen Lackey as chairman of its Asia-Pacific region. Lackey succeeds Christopher Sturdy, who has been Asia-Pacific chairman since early 2008...

BNP Paribas Securities Services wins MAIF mandate
15 April 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed global custodian of all life and non-life insurance assets of the MAIF group, covering €13 billion in assets.??..

DTCC launches ISO 20022 pilot
14 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is to launch a pilot programme testing new ISO 20022 corporate actions announcement messages...

OCC announces agreement with MarkitSERV
13 April 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

OCC has signed an agreement establishing MarkitSERV as a trade source and middleware provider for over-the-counter (OTC) equity derivative trades to be cleared by OCC.

Atkins joins Marlborough
13 April 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Andrew Atkins has joined Marlborough as a business development consultant to its third party fund administration team...

State Street wins Russell mandate
13 April 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

State Street has been awarded the custody and fund administration contract for a new Irish-domiciled common contractual fund offered by Russell Investments.

Interactive launches IOPVs for ETFs to TSE
13 April 2011 Tokyo
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Interactive Data Corporation has started providing indicative optimised portfolio values (IOPVs) for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)...

Wiegel appointed as head of business development, Benelux
13 April 2011 Amsterdam
Reporter: Justin Lawson

J.P. Morgan expands Worldwide securities services presence in Benelux by appointing Rene Wiegel as head of business development, most recently, Wiegel was managing director, head of sales for Benelux and Switzerland, at BNY Mellon.....

Mercer Sentinel appoints Sharma head of business development
12 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Mercer Sentinel Group, has appointed Arti Sharma as Principal and head of business development, North America.....

J.P. Morgan selected by FocusShares
12 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has been appointed by FocusShares to service its 15 new Focus Morningstar ETFs.