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Schwab Asset Management pilots proxy polling solution
17 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Broadridge's solution allows fund shareholders to be polled onf their preferences around key proxy issues, helping the company to shape its proxy voting approach and policies

The industry should look beyond T+1, SIBOS panellist says
17 October 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The comment came from a panel entitled ‘Is T+1 the goal or a step to instant securities settlement?’, where the pervasive question of when Europe would move to a T+1 settlement cycle was unpacked

Matthias Kerbusch joins Dechert
17 October 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Kerbusch joins the firm from Clifford Chance, where he has served for more than a decade

CACEIS to acquire RBC’s European asset servicing business
17 October 2022 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The deal, which is expected to complete by the end of Q3 2023 subject to approvals, will include custody and global custody FX, securities lending, fund services and middle office, along with RBC Investor Service’s service centre in Malaysia

SEC drives for commonality of standards across cryptosecurity tokens and other security types
14 October 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The US regulator observes that from the 10,000 tokens currently issued in the digital asset marketplace, the large majority of these are securities and are covered under existing securities laws

Imran Khan swaps JTC for ScalingFunds
14 October 2022 Germany
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Khan has been appointed chief commercial officer. In the role, he will be responsible for driving ScalingFunds' global growth and expansion

State Street and Barclays partner on fixed income strategies
14 October 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the partnership, State Street Global Advisors will be able to develop and manage investment products and strategies using Barclays QPS’ systemic strategy indices

Herakles selects Apex’s fund administration services
14 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Apex’s single-source solution will offer Herakles improved efficiency and control, with the operational framework of the front, middle and back offices outsourced

DLT is on the move, say SIBOS panellists
13 October 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Distributed ledger technology application in the real world is accelerating, said speakers on the ‘Meet the Experts: DLT in the Real World – Making Digital Assets an Operational Reality’ panel at this year’s SIBOS conference

Matthew Homer joins Standard Custody board
13 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The board aims to expand Standard Custody’s institutional digital asset infrastructure, and includes industry leaders from traditional and decentralised finance

DBS makes UPI part of EU law
13 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The UPI is intended to enable the aggregation of OTC derivatives transaction reports on a global scale, with those reporting required to incorporate the UPI into their workflows and submit their reports to trade repositories

TradeNeXus and Capitolis launch portfolio optimisation solution
13 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The solution allows buy-side firms to automate data solutions through TradeNeXus and scan portfolios for foreign exchange optimisation opportunities through Capitolis’ analytics tools