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Andrew Loong joins HKEX
19 May 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has appointed Andrew Loong as managing director and head of digital assets. He will begin his role in July, replacing Andrew Walton

Euroclear completes first APAC iETFs cross-listing
20 October 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Euroclear Bank has supported the first APAC cross-listing of UCITS internet exchange traded funds, issued by DWS Group

ISSA appoints HKEX’s Glenda So to board
25 August 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in Hong Kong, So is a member of HKEX’s management committee and is jointly responsible for the group’s sales and marketing efforts

SIX launches Swiss GDR-leg of China-Switzerland Stock Connect
29 July 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Holly Shelton

Since signing an MoU in 2019, SIX has been working with the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges to establish a GDR Stock Connect offering to encourage mutual access for Chinese and Swiss market participants

Hong Kong and Mainland China announce Swap Connect mutual access programme for IRS markets
05 July 2022 Hong Kong China
Reporter: Bob Currie

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced a collaboration with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Shanghai Clearing House (SHCH) to create a mutual access programme for interbank interest rate swap (IRS) markets

COP26 springboards industry ESG initiatives in to action
04 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The non-profit accounting organisation International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation is to establish an International Sustainability Standards Board to develop comprehensive global baseline sustainability reporting standards under robust gov

HKEX launches new corporate actions service
18 October 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new service provides an additional channel for market participants to receive information on corporate actions in the form of ISO 20022 messages via SWIFT

ISSA adds news board members from IHS Markit, Euroclear and HKEX
14 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Pierre Khemdoudi, Ivan Nicora, and Till Rosar have joined the International Securities Services Association board

Charles Li is elected to MarketAxess board of directors
21 July 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Charles Li, former chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, has been elected to the board of directors for MarketAxess Holdings Inc

Broadridge to expand post-trade processing via Stock Connect for China Renaissance
07 July 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

China Renaissance says it selected Broadridge for its robust solutions that provide global scale and allow for multi-asset capabilities

Lisa O’Connor takes on head of post trade change at HKEX
14 April 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Lisa O’Connor, who joins HKEX with almost 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently worked as SWIFT’s head of capital markets strategy, global

HKEX names Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin as new chief executive
16 February 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The board believes that Aguzin’s experience will help HKEX continue to build its competitiveness, as well as support the ongoing growth and development of Hong Kong’s unique financial markets