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Caroline Higgins to lead APAC GFS at Northern Trust
08 August 2023 Australia
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Based in Sydney, Australia, Higgins’ new role will focus on the expansion of the firm’s regional products and services for asset managers

MarketAxess Holdings set to acquire trading technology provider Pragma
07 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

MarketAxess chose Pragma’s algorithmic platform to help it develop execution algorithms and data-driven analytics across all fixed-income products

Blackwattle Investment Partners picks Apex for custody services
07 August 2023 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the mandate, Apex will provide Blackwattle with technology-enabled fund administration, transfer agency, middle-office and custody solutions

Maarten Heukshorst to lead Custodiex
07 August 2023 London
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Heukshorst has close to three decades of experience in the industry, and joins Custodiex from BNY Mellon Pershing

Liam Healy to lead FE fundinfo
07 August 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Investment fund data and technology provider FE fundinfo has appointed Liam Healy as CEO, effective 4 September 2023

FCA publishes draft amendments to validation rules of SFTR
04 August 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The draft amendments have been put forward to support the ongoing reporting of securities financing transactions under the post-Brexit UK version of SFTR

Maria Evripidou joins CAPEX
04 August 2023 Cyprus
Reporter: Lucy Carter

EU-based brokerage CAPEX.com has appointed Maria Evripidou as head of product. She will report to Octavian Patrascu, CAPEX’s global CEO

BoE proposes extra powers to restrict payments to CCP shareholders in stress conditions
03 August 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

As part of its responsibility to preserve financial stability, the Bank of England has proposed additional powers to restrict discretionary payments to CCP shareholders or employees in severe circumstances, including dividends and share buy-backs

Eric Chen swaps SS&C for TS Imagine
03 August 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Trading, portfolio and risk management solutions provider TS Imagine has appointed Eric Chen as a member of its APAC sales team. He reports to Fred Villain, head of APAC sales

Deutsche Börse Group to acquire remaining shares of FundsDLT
03 August 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The acquisition, made by Deutsche Börse's DB1 Ventures, will complement and strengthen the fund processing and distribution offerings of Deutsche Börse’s post-trade infrastructure provider Clearstream

Amberdata becomes authorised distributor for CME Group cryptocurrency market data
03 August 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Connecting to CME Group directly, Amberdata now shows tick-level open interest, trades and tickets across futures and options for BTC and ETH instruments

Apex appoints Qasir Bashir to country head of Denmark
03 August 2023 Denmark
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in Copenhagen, Bashir will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of Apex’s solutions to Danish clients