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Sparkasse Bank Malta and Diligencia become GLEIF validation agents
08 November 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation introduced the Validation Agent Framework to enable regulated institutions to leverage their KYC and AML onboarding procedures and help their clients obtain LEIs

Aliph Capital picks Apex for fund administration
07 November 2022 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Aliph Capital, the first female-led private equity firm in the Middle East, has appointed Apex Group to provide fund administration services

LiquidNet continues electronification journey
07 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Execution specialist LiquidNet has completed live deals on its primary market workflow, marking an increase in the company’s use of electronification in the bond issuance process

BlackRock expands Voting Choice programme with Proxymity
07 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

BlackRock has announced a partnership with Proxymity to expand its Voting Choice programme, the firm’s proxy voting system, offering a pilot scheme for individual investors in select UK mutual funds

Wealth Dynamix welcomes Darell Miller and Urs Christian Eugster-Schnell
07 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Software company Wealth Dynamix has appointed Urs Christian Eugster-Schnell (pictured right) as commercial director for Europe (DACH) and Darell Miller as managing director for APAC (pictured left)

SEC revises Form N-PX proxy voting reporting requirements for US-registered funds
04 November 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

These reforms are intended to make it easier for investors to compare the proxy voting records of mutual funds, ETFs and other fund entities, including the recall and voting of loan stock

HSBC releases tokenisation platform for digital bonds
04 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The European Investment Bank is exploring the possibility of issuing the market’s “first-ever” GBP tokenised bond, for registration and issuance under Luxembourg law, using HSBC’s new platform HSBC Orion

KYC Hub launches new onboarding solution
04 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Due diligence and compliance automation service provider KYC Hub has launched OpsFlow, which allows clients to create customised workflows through robotic process automation

Tradition releases new FX data packages
04 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

TraditionDATA has launched several foreign exchange (FX) data packages to increase clients’ access to information, following global volatility in the FX markets

Standard Chartered makes significant investment in value exchange Partior
04 November 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The investment is part of an initiative to accelerate Standard Chartered’s deployment of blockchain technology across its global wholesale payments and settlements network, while also expanding the use of Partior’s technology in global capital market

Vistra appoints Simon Webster as new CEO
04 November 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based at Vistra’s headquarters in Hong Kong, Webster will lead the business across 47 jurisdictions and will also join Vistra’s Board following regulatory approval

Apex continues expansion through Netherlands and New Zealand acquisitions
04 November 2022 Global
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Apex Group has closed its acquisition of Netherlands-based alternative investment funds service provider Darwin Depositary Services and Implemented Investment Holdings Limited in New Zealand