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Three new banks to offer custody in Qatar
01 February 2011 Doha
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

HSBC, Qatar National Bank and Standard Chartered have been approved to provide custody services at Qatar Exchange from February 2011...

Paitchel appointed as Executive Director at KB Associates
01 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

KB Associates, a leading consulting firm to the asset management community, announces the appointment of Jill Paitchel as Executive Director. She joins the New York office.

Bamonte promoted at Union Bank
31 January 2011 San Francisco
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Union Bank's senior vice president Marianne Bamonte has been named manager of the Institutional Services division...

BTPSM goes live with Algo Risk Service
31 January 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

British Telecommunications Pensions Scheme Management (BTPSM), which oversees the UK’s largest private sector pension scheme, has gone live with Algorithmics for risk management purposes across its major asset classes and liabilities...

Scharfenorth joins BNY Mellon
30 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has appointed Jürgen Scharfenorth as head of relationship management for Germany...

Vandenreydt and Lancaster get key roles at Swift
27 January 2011 Global
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Fabian Vandenreydt has been named head of securities and treasury markets at Swift.

IFM selects Profidata’s XENTIS
27 January 2011 Vaduz
Reporter: Justin Lawson

IFM Independent Fund Management AG in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, selects XENTIS, the fully integrated next generation investment management platform of Profidata, to support its fund management middle and back-office disciplines.

Dealis completes migration of DekaBank funds
27 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Dealis Fund Operations GmbH, with EUR 340 billion under administration, has successfully migrated 1,300 mutual and special DekaBank funds onto its investment management platform, SimCorp Dimension.

Flanagan promoted at BNY Mellon
26 January 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Alan Flanagan has been named head of global product management at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services...

Bank of China allocates global custody mandate
26 January 2011 Shanghai
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, has been selected by China Construction Bank ("CCB") as the global custodian for the upcoming QDII fund in China to be launched by Bank of China Investment Management Co., Ltd (BOCIM).

Citi to provide direct services in Kuwait
26 January 2011 Kuwait
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Citi’s Global Transaction Services business will be providing direct custody and clearing (DCC) services to clients investing in Kuwait...

Citi wins new Banco de Brasil mandate
26 January 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Banco do Brasil has appointed Citi to provide investor services for a new fund and sub-funds...