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New 12-month CSDR delay expected
20 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA is expected to publish an amendment proposing an additional 12-month delay to the current February 2021 deadline after the summer holiday period

Graeme Devlin and Simba Mamboininga launch new consultancy firm
20 July 2020 Edinburgh
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Graeme Devlin and Simba Mamboininga have recently launched a new consulting firm in Edinburgh to support the funds and asset management industry

HSBC teams up with IHS Markit to Use WSO Platform
09 July 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC is set to leverage the IHS Markit Wall Street Office platform to provide private loan administration services for clients of its securities services business

Hex Trust adds ex-HSBC global head of custody to advisory board
07 July 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Hex Trust, the provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets, has appointed Colin Brooks to its advisory board

HSBC Securities Services unveils new data platform
07 July 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC Securities Services is set to launch Data Mesh, a new data platform that will allow clients to select specific trade data

DTCC expands custodian community ahead of CSDR
30 June 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The global custodian community of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has grown to 11 in preparation for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation

HSBC launches UK transfer agency business
29 June 2020 Edinburgh
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC Securities Services has launched a UK transfer agency (TA) business, servicing both retail and institutional investors

Tim Wood and Rod Cooper launch new asset servicing consultancy practice
29 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Asset servicing industry experts Tim Wood and Rod Cooper have launched Cooper Wood & Associates, an independent consultancy specialising in asset servicing

UK’s exclusion of CSDR settlement discipline regime set to create new challenges
25 June 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The UK’s exclusion of the CSDR settlement discipline regime as part of its adoption of EU regulations post-Brexit will “undoubtedly create new challenges"

PwC investigates COVID-19 effects on the asset servicing industry
25 June 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

During the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme market volatility created enormous early challenges, as trading volumes increased dramatically, market valuations plunged and soared wildly, and investors behaved irrationally, according to a new research paper b

HSBC India launches DerivEasy
01 June 2020 Mumbai
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DerivEasy is set to help investors gain access to near real-time information on their futures and options trades

HSBC gains custody mandate for TIH in Singapore
28 May 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC Securities Services has secured and successfully on-boarded a mandate for TIH Investment Management in Singapore