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Mercer strengthens Korean financial services arm
27 September 2011 Seoul
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Mercer has strengthened its financial services arm by establishing an Investment Management business in Korea to help local investors take advantage of global investment opportunities....

Darwin selects Phoenix Fund Services
27 September 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Phoenix Fund Services wins fund administration contract with Darwin Investment Management....

Carlyle Group buys ITRS
27 September 2011 Washington
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Carlyle Group has announced the acquisition of ITRS Group, a global provider of real-time monitoring systems for the world’s financial institutions, in partnership with its founders and management...

DTCC Will Implement ISO 20022
26 September 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

DTCC to implement ISO 20022 Corporate Actions Announcement Messages for production in November after a lengthy pilot programme testing period

Northern Trust expand custody reporting suite
26 September 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Northern Trust has expanded its suite of reporting for custody clients to offer comprehensive views of investment information on private market assets held in a range of commingled and unitized fund structures....

CIBC Mellon releases ASP App
26 September 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

CIBC Mellon has announced the Canadian release of a mobile app for the firm's on-the-go institutional clients...

MICEX and RTS approve first phase of integration - SEB
26 September 2011 Moscow
Reporter: Anna Reitman

A joint meeting of the Stock Market Committees of RTS and MICEX has resulted in an approved approach towards the first phase of integration, according to SEB Bank...

Vertical integration can coexist with interoperability – SIX x-clear
22 September 2011 SIBOS Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

As European clearers prepare for some 50 per cent of the cash equities market to open up over the next couple of months, interoperability, or the lack thereof, is the hot topic among post-trade services providers...

Hub Culture launches Ven Digital Currency
22 September 2011 SIBOS
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Hub Culture is launching the Ven digital currency, calculated by Thomson Reuters....

Lehman's swaps start to move
22 September 2011 SIBOS Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Some half a million Lehman swaps have started to get processed using a “central valuation solution”....

MaplesFS launches in Delaware
22 September 2011 Delaware
Reporter: Justin Lawson

MaplesFS have announced the expansion of its fiduciary services division with the launch of Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) LLC....

Societe Generale appoints deputy head for Russia
22 September 2011 SIBOS
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Jean-Louis Bernardo as deputy head of Securities Services and head of business development for SGSS in Russia, where it operates within Societe Generale group’s subsidiary, Rosbank......