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Securities services revenues on the up for BNP Paribas
29 October 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas’ securities services rose due to the increase in average assets, favourable market trends, the onboarding of new clients, and the increase in transaction volumes

BNP Paribas Securities Services expands middle-office FX solution
28 October 2021 Australia
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with Northcape Capital to launch an automated FX solution to provide the latter with a new system for asset managers to manage FX transactions with multiple financial services providers

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"

AFME: Pandemic acted as a “call to arms” for post-trade industry to improve “cumbersome” technologies
19 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a “call to arms” for the post-trade industry to improve “cumbersome and outdated” technologies, according to Archie Stebbings, partner at management consulting firm Oliver Wyman

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

Dutch firm VLK selects BNP Paribas for custody services
18th October 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the agreement, BNP will also provide Kempen Capital Management with custody depositary bank, fund accounting, regulatory reporting, collateral management and foreign exchange services

BNP Paribas wins custody mandate from Nationwide
13 October 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a mandate to provide Nationwide Building Society with triparty collateral management and global custody services for its non-UK assets

Deutsche Boerse releases digital post-trade platform
06 October 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

D7 platform targets end-to-end digital securities processing, with over 80% of German ISINs expected to be digitisable via the platform by mid-2022

Jason Nabi joins Arqit
30 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Arqit Quantum hires former BNP Paribas CEO and HSBC managing director Jason Nabi, as managing director of financial services

Exclusive: Cooper Wood & Associates appoints two industry experts
30 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Cooper Wood & Associates has appointed David Painter and Paul Harris to support its growth and future development

Eventus Systems appoints trio to European team
28 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Ollie Cadman has been appointed as chief product officer, while David Griffiths and Martin Appiah will become directors of regulatory affairs

CLS collaborates with 12 global banks to pilot PvP solution
13 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The pilot will evaluate the potential for payment-versus-payment (PvP) solutions for currencies that are not currently eligible for CLSSettlement