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Socium Fund Services partners with Hedgebay Securities
16 February 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Socium Fund Services has partnered with Hedgebay Securities to offer customisable secondary market liquidity solutions for fund managers

Citi, WisdomTree and Wellington Management conduct tokenisation trial for private funds
16 February 2024 US
Reporter: AST

This tested the tokenisation of a private equity fund issued by Wellington, with ABN AMRO fulfilling the role of a traditional investor. The proof of concept was conducted on the Avalanche Spruce Institutional test Subnet

BNY launches digital direct-to-custody trading
15 February 2024 US, Europe
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The integrated trading solution automates end-to-end, trade-to-settlement processing and allows clients to place equity, ETF and US Treasury orders directly from their account

MUFG appoint Wael Al Sharif to head GCIB for MENA
15 February 2024 Middle East, Africa
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Wael Al Sharif succeeds Elyas Al Gaseer who has held the post of head of global corporate and investment banking since 2013

Clearstream extends partnership with iCapital
14 February 2024 Europe, US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The extended collaboration aims to increase efficiencies and eliminate the operational challenges of investing in private markets

DTCC M2i workflow found to boost settlement efficiency
14 February 2024 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

This has been achieved through the use of DTCC’s CTM Match To Instruct workflow in Q4 of 2023, the company says

EFAMA asks FCA to further simplify recognition of EU retail funds
14 February 2024 Europe
Reporter: Jack McRae

The OFR outlines the process that European retail funds have to follow to gain, and keep, access to the UK market

Thomas Legendre promoted at Value Partners
14 February 2024 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Value Partners (UK), part of Hong Kong-based asset management first Value Partners Group, has appointed Thomas Legendre as associate director of its EMEA business

IQ-EQ opens GIFT City office
14 February 2024 India
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Atul Muchala, managing director for India, will lead both the new location and the company’s existing Mumbai office

Lorraine Rooney appointed CEO of TMF Fund Management in Ireland
13 February 2024 Ireland
Reporter: Jack McRae

Rooney will be responsible for leading a team in providing fund management company services and solutions across a wide range of fund strategies and structures

CNP Assurances renews Caceis mandate
12 February 2024 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

This renewal builds on a more than 15-year relationship between the firms

Clearstream and Quantalys Harvest Group partner on digital fund solution
12 February 2024 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the tool, distributors are able to search and filter investment funds matching user-specified requirements