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Apex launches Invest Check offering ahead of EU SFDR
18 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Apex Group has launched Invest Check, a tool to help financial market participants collect the necessary data to report on and comply with the upcoming EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

Cooper Wood & Associates reveal key focus of asset servicing survey results
11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The review of existing service providers will be a main cost management priority for 2021, according to the survey

ESG ETF assets surged three-fold in 2020
08 January 2021 France
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The lack of securities lending programmes by ESG ETF is set to become a key battleground in 2021 with global AUM nearly tripling last year as launches proliferate, and performance skyrockets

Deutsche Bank collaborates with Singapore fintech STACS for digital assets
07 January 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Bank Securities Services has teamed up with Singapore fintech Hashstacs (STACS) to explore a proof of concept related to the technological and practical feasibility of digital assets interoperability

French and Dutch financial market authorities call for a European regulation of ESG
24 December 2020 France
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The French and Dutch financial market authorities suggested the framework could become one of the key measures of the European Commission's renewed sustainable finance strategy

Pictet Asset Services launches ESG self-assessment for third party managers
23 December 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Pictet Asset Services has launched an ESG-dedicated website for third-party asset managers to help them navigate the upcoming EU Action Plan regulations for sustainable finance

Morgan Stanley launches ESG fund
14 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched the ‘Morgan Stanley UK Sustainable Fixed Income Opportunities Fund’

Citi APAC bolsters treasury and trade solutions team
14 December 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of Citi’s appointments, members of the APAC treasury and trade solutions management team have been given new leadership responsibilities

BBH: ETFs remain a ‘core component’ of an asset manager’s product suite
11 December 2020 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BBH has launched its inaugural C-Suite Asset Manager Survey, which found that 63 percent of respondents either have exchange traded funds (ETFs) or are looking to enter the market

NeoXam expands relationship with Raiffeisen Capital Management
11 December 2020 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new agreement includes improved features across the two solutions that enhances end user experience and drives increases in efficiency

Deutsche Boerse to take majority stake in ISS
20 November 2020 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse is set to acquire a majority share of approximately 80 percent in Institutional Shareholder Services, valuing ISS at $2.3 billion for 100 percent of the business (cash and debt free)

Citi gains new fund admin mandate for Sun Life’s first ESG fund in Hong Kong
20 November 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The ESG index strategy is Sun Life’s first fund to be registered in Hong Kong