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European Parliament and Council calls for clear rules on EC’s AML package
13 October 2023 Europe
Reporter: Klea Neza

In their recent paper, the Parliament highlights that the rules on identifying customers’ beneficial owners “have to be calibrated correctly and fit well within customer due diligence processes”

SIX picks Megaport to provide clients with private access to its data services
12 October 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The expanded connectivity offering, known as SIX Connect, will increase the connectivity options available for users from any public cloud environment

Bloomberg launches Portfolio Manager Workspace
12 October 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Bloomberg Portfolio Manager Workspace is designed to assist users with decision making and support analysis to portfolio implementation processes.

Komainu appoints Robert Johnson as chief technology officer
12 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Klea Neza

In his new role, Johnson will be responsible for driving innovation in the Komainu technology ecosystem

Firms lack confidence in service providers’ compliance, Ocorian reports
12 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Research revealed that 51 per cent of companies are not confident that their service providers are keeping up with compliance and reporting requirements

SEC appoints Infotrend for digital asset data
12 October 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Infotrend has been awarded a three-year contract to provide blockchain and digital assets data, and advanced digital asset ecosystem analytics, to the Securities Exchange Commission

J.P. Morgan’s TCN facilitates collateral settlement for a live-client OTC derivative transaction
11 October 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the initiative, BlackRock and Barclays are now live on TCN, an application which sits on J.P. Morgan’s Onyx Digital Assets platform, operating as a private blockchain

ESMA releases two DeFi articles
11 October 2023 Europe
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the publications, ESMA aims to share information on current risks to consumers and financial stability, and new forms of market abuse

Schroders selects Xceptor’s platform for data services
11 October 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Investment manager Schroders has selected Xceptor’s platform to manage its cash flow data handling and customer onboarding

FCA financial promotions rules will have major impact on crypto, Ocorian says
11 October 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Following the launch of the FCA’s new financial promotions regime, regulatory and compliance services provider Ocorian has predicted a considerable increase in cryptoasset regulation

Delta Capita releases DLT-based solutions suite using SETL technology
11 October 2023 UK
Reporter: AST

The company launches its MACH Distributed Ledger product with six component modules, spanning trade settlement, tokenisation, reconciliations, digital asset issuance and custody, KYC and improved interoperability between DLT systems

J.P. Morgan Fusion launches Data Mesh solution
10 October 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

J.P. Morgan has launched the Securities Services Data Mesh, a data solution that allows investors to access critical investment data from J.P. Morgan’s custody, fund accounting and middle-office services