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CFTC issues statement on cybersecurity breach at ION Cleared Derivatives
03 February 2023 UK
Reporter: AST

The US derivatives market watchdog indicated that it has been working with other financial regulators and impacted parties to understand how the cyber incident occurred and to ensure that other CFTC-regulated derivatives markets are not compromised

Esprow launches API management solution
03 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The service allows users to create, browse, manage, share and export FIX and non-FIX protocol specifications through a single platform

Zodia Custody and SBI to establish crypto asset venture in Japan
02 February 2023 Japan
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

The venture will act as a Japan-based crypto assets custodian, targeting institutional clients

JTC appoints Dean Blackburn as head of institutional client services
02 February 2023 Jersey
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

Blackburn has been interim group head since October

Standish launches depositary services in Luxembourg
02 February 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

This enables the firm to service clients across all Luxembourg regulatory and administration requirements

Pictet selected to provide custody for DNB’s UCITS fund
02 February 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The umbrella fund is a UCITS SICAV and is composed of 17 sub-funds which manage €3 billion in assets

State Street and DekaBank to continue partnership
02 February 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The agreement extends the partnership, established in 2016, for a further decade

Vaswani joins MUFG
02 February 2023 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Laksh Vaswani has been appointed senior vice president, global head of trust operations at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation to grow the firm's US custody business

Proxymity collaborates with FIS to launch new proxy voting service
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new solution has been introduced to help clients fulfil their ESG goals and Shareholder Rights Directive II regulatory requirements

CHIPS remains top of market, TCH report states
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Clearing House (TCH) has released the findings of an independent review into the efficacy of clearing and settlement system CHIPS, conducted by technology firm FNA

FMIs well-placed to combat climate-related financial risks, DTCC says
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The first analysis of its kind, ‘Climate-Related Financial Risk: An FMI’s Perspective’, looks at the physical and transition risks associated with climate-related events such as extreme weather, assessing their impact on FMIs

Eventus adds AML to Validus platform
01 February 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The cloud-based, end-to-end solution provides detection, workflow and case management tools to clients, allowing them to reduce risk, identify illicit financial behaviour and ensure compliance via a single platform