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Mike Sleightholme joins ISSA board
31 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The International Securities Services Association has appointed Mike Sleightholme to its board of directors

FCA updates guidance on regulatory reporting for short sales and SFTs
28 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UK financial regulator will extend temporary measures introduced in January 2022 relating to short sales reporting under UK RTS 22 and there will be no penalty for firms that fail to complete SFT fields and other indicators

ACA expands ComplianceAlpha platform with LeapXpert
28 July 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Governance, risk and compliance advisor ACA Group has partnered with business communications firm LeapXpert to improve its mobile device traffic capturing provisions

abrdn picks State Street’s custody services for first actively-managed European ETF
28 July 2023 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the mandate, State Street will provide abrdn with custody, fund accounting, order-taking and transfer agency services as well as ETF servicing

BlackRock and Jio Financial Services launch joint venture for investors in India
28 July 2023 India
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BlackRock and Jio Financial Services have partnered to form Jio BlackRock, a joint venture to deliver investment solutions for millions of investors in India

Standard Custody & Trust Company partner with L1 Advisors to create digital asset advisory service
27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The service will be available to registered investment advisors, wealth managers and family offices

HKEX and IDX sign MOU
27 July 2022 Indonesia
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Indonesia Stock Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding, with the intention of developing the organisations and their markets

SEC adopts cybersecurity risk management rules
27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules requiring companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents and provide annual information on their cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance practices

ECB launches public consultation on risk management guide
27 July 2023 Germany
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The European Central Bank has launched a public consultation regarding its guide on effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting

ISITC and the TCC begin strategic partnership
27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ISITC and the Tokenized Commodities Council (TCC) have partnered to improve the understanding of digitised and tokenised real-world assets

Trintech acquires Fiserv’s reconciliation business
27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Financial close solutions provider Trintech has acquired Fiserv’s Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation business in North America and EMEA

Michael Carty swaps Euroclear for LME Clear
26 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Michael Carty has stepped down from his role as CEO of Euroclear UK & International, a role he began in 2020