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Abu Dhabi licenses first administrator under new regs
05 February 2014 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The United Arab Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (ESCA) in Abu Dhabi has granted Apex Fund Services a licence to provide fund administration services under the authority’s new regulations...

Confisio and Traiana collaborate on EMIR
30 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Traiana,and Confisio have entered into a strategic alliance ahead of the impending EMIR deadline...

Traiana connects to trade repositories for EMIR
24 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Traiana, the trade risk processing software firm, will open its Harmony TR platform to four trade repositories by the time of the EU Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) deadline...

Clearstream and Iberclear's repository is green-lit
11 November 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR has been approved as a trade repository by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...

KDPW receives ESMA trade repository approval
08 November 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ESMA has acknowledged the central securities depository of Poland as one of only four European entities to fulfill all trade repository requirements under EMIR...

TriOptima addresses February repository rules
31 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TriOptima has launched a UTI (Unique Trade ID) pairing functionality to assist firms preparing for the European trade repository reporting, which will be effective from February 2014...

Omgeo links to TriOptima and AcadiaSoft to extend STP
23 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Omgeo has partnered with TriOptima and AcadiaSoft to extend straight through processing (STP) for users of Omgeo ProtoColl...

Standard Chartered picks up UAE mandate
14 October 2013 United Arab Emirates
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Standard Chartered has picked up a custody and fund administration mandate with Al Mal Capital, an investment institution in the United Arab Emirates...

DTCC, Goldman Sachs et al. address data
30 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and a group of large global banks that includes Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and others, have agreed to jointly develop a service...

Calypso opens in Dubai
16 September 2013 San Francisco
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Capital markets platform provider Calypso Technology has opened an office in Dubai. This expansion is the result of a growing client base in the Middle East region...

Northern Trust hires Slater to head new Riyadh office
10 September 2013 Riyadh
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Northern Trust is expanding its global footprint with the opening of an office in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh...

Polish CSD has a change of name
04 September 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Polish central securities depository KDPW has been assigned a prefix, which is necessary to assign identifiers to legal entities...