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BNY Mellon appoints Salmaan Nayeer to asset servicing team
05 January 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has appointed Salmaan Nayeer as head of middle-office product for Asia Pacific

HSBC and IBM complete successful token and digital wallet settlement test
17 December 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC and IBM have successfully tested an advanced token and digital wallet settlement that included direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies, using the cloud

Transcend hires former senior advisor as global head of product
17 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Transcend has appointed its former senior advisor Todd Hodgin to global head of product

RBC I&TS appoints Paul Burd as global head of client operations
14 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Paul Burd as managing director and global head of client operations, effective 3 January 2022

HSBC and Wells Fargo use Baton Systems to complete first interbank PvP settlement outside CLS
13 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The world’s first interbank PvP settlement outside of CLS has been completed by HSBC and Wells Fargo using Baton Systems’ Core-FX solution, built on Baton’s distributed ledger technology

HSBC adds investor services product head
06 December 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

HSBC has appointed CP Yap as global head of investor services product, markets and securities services, effective immediately

HSBC takes top spot in R&M’s fund and administration survey
15 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global bank HSBC has been voted the best global fund and administration provider by fund managers and other financial institutions, according to the 2021 R&M Investor Services Survey

Raschen leaves HSBC after nearly 30 years
28 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Henry Raschen, director of regulatory outlook at HSBC Securities Services, has left his role at the global bank after nearly 30 years of service

Standard Chartered appoints new COO
25 October 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered has enhanced its trade management team with the appointment of Khuresh Faizullabhoy as chief operating officer (COO), trade, based in Singapore

Euroclear supports use of CBDC for settlements
20 October 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Isabelle Delorme (pictured), deputy CEO of ESES CSDs Euroclear France, Euroclear Belgium and Euroclear Nederland comments: “We are extremely pleased to have worked on this pioneering project with our industry partners and the Banque de France"

HSBC appoints Matt Bowen as head of securities financing
18 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Matt Bowen will lead the build-out of our US arranged financing proposition, to help grow our footprint with US institutional clients, connecting them to our global network," said Loic Lebrun

Sibos: There is no master plan for broader securities interaction
14 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The requirements around the SRD was a recent example of where ISO 20022 was used and this generated incredible learning opportunities. But unfortunately, there is no master plan for broader securities interactions,” says Vicky Kyproglou