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BNP Paribas takes part in Series C funding round for AccessFintech
09 January 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Paris-based banking group indicates that this investment will help it to bring the latest technology, data and workflow tools to clients in an effort to shorten settlement cycle, manage collateral requirements and reduce transaction costs

Fi Dinh joins MUFG from Citi
05 January 2023 Singapore
Reporter: Lucy Carter

MUFG has named Fi Dinh as head of fund finance for APAC, responsible for growing the fund financing business in the region and supporting the global asset servicing and fund administration arm of the company

CTL appoints Aftab Ahmed as chairman
05 January 2023 Taiwan
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Citibank Taiwan Limited has named Aftab Ahmed as chairman, replacing Paulus Mok

Citi hires Sullivan-Williams
04 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Sorcha Sullivan-Williams has joined the firm’s London office as senior vice president and digital assets product manager for securities services

SWIFT welcomes Stephen Grainger
03 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SWIFT has appointed Stephen Grainger as chief executive for Americas and UK regions

AFME expects “more ambition” in EC’s approach to establishing a CT for pre- and post-trade
22 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“More ambition” is needed in the European Council’s approach toward a properly constructed consolidated tape for real-time pre-trade as well as post-trade, says AFME

Cboe appoints Vikesh Patel as president of Cboe Clear Europe
22 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

Patel has more than fifteen years of experience in financial market infrastructure

LSEG to acquire Acadia
19 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Following Acadia’s integration into LSEG’s post trade division, the company’s CEO, Chris Walsh will report to Daniel Maguire, global head of post trade at LSEG

Yawar Shah retires from Swift board
16 December 2022 Belgium
Reporter: AST

Shah will step down from the Swift board of directors after 16 years as chair, but will continue as managing director in Citi’s institutional clients group

FIS reshuffles board
16 December 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

As part of the financial services technology provider’s transition to an independent board chair structure, Jeffrey Goldstein has been appointed independent chairman

Proxymity partners with Computershare South Africa
16 December 2022 South Africa
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The service will be live from next week and expands on the two organisations’ previous proxy voting collaborations in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK

ESG reporting frameworks need to align, Strategic Insights Summit panellists say
15 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Institutional investors are seeing a ‘tectonic shift’ in ESG reporting due to pressure from all areas of the industry, a panellist at the SS&C Intralinks Strategic Insights Summit in London stated