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South African retirement fund EPPF picks Apex for fund administration
17 April 2023 South Africa
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The EPPF is South Africa’s second-largest retirement fund with over R169 billion of assets under management

Andrew Overstreet swaps Citi for Clear Street
17 April 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Andrew Overstreet has joined financial services firm Clear Street as a senior associate for asset servicing, based in Florida

Agence France Locale onboards Orchestrade
17 April 2023 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

French local government funding agency Agence France Locale has onboarded Orchestrade, a front-to-back trading and risk management platform, in an effort to lower its operational risk

AFME issues equity market liquidity warning before MiFIR Review
17 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe has advised negotiators at EU trilogues for the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation review to consider the impact that MiFID could have on the attractiveness of Europe’s capital markets

FSB releases report detailing “greater convergence” in cyber incident reporting
14 April 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The release of the report follows a request from the G20 and also comes in response to growing rates of cyber incidents

LCH SA and GFO-X announce Bitcoin index derivatives clearing service
14 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

LCH DigitalAssetClear will provide clearing services for Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFO-X. Pending regulatory approval, it is expected to go live in Q4 2023

Virgin Money and FNZ launch digital investment solution
14 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Virgin Money clients using the service will be able to invest faster and more conveniently, the company says, with new tools and capabilities available on the digital platform

SBT adoption slows but remains relevant, RBS International says
14 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The rate of science-based target adoption amongst alternative investment funds has not increased since 2022, according to recent research from RBS International

Deutsche Borse leads Next Gate Tech funding round
13 April 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Technology provider Next Gate Tech has announced an €8 million investment round

Kevin Butler joins Ocorian
13 April 2023 Ireland
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Service provider Ocorian has named Kevin Butler as head of capital markets for the EMEA region, based in Dublin. He reports to Cato Holmsen, CEO of Ocorian’s Nordic Trustee

Compliance costs still on the rise, SteelEye report says
13 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Surveillance solution SteelEye has found that 76 per cent of financial services firms have increased compliance expenditure over the past 12 months

ION Markets’ LatentZero connects to Trumid
13 April 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the new connection, ION Markets’ clients will have access to Trumid’s integrated market data intelligence tools, which provide greater transparency and an aggregated view of the market