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HSBC chosen for first RQFII money market ETF
25 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

HSBC has become the custodian bank and asset services provider for the first ever Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) money market exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF will be domiciled and listed in the UK...

HSBC to service a German RQFII
20 March 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Becky Butcher

HSBC has become the first custodian bank in China to service a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) based in Germany...

Admin Re appoints HSBC Securities Services
10 March 2015 Edinburgh
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Admin Re has appointed HSBC Securities Services to provide global custody and investment accounting services...

Deutsche Asset & Wealth hires two portfolio managers
15 January 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has hired Mihir Meswani and Nicolas Laporte as portfolio managers to strengthen the firm’s hedge fund advisory business...

HSBC names new Americas head of securities services
17 December 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

HSBC has appointed Alexis Meissner as head of its securities services business in the Americas...

HSBC facilitates record-breaking RQFII bid
03 December 2014 Seoul
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has facilitated the application for the largest ever renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor quota allocation, on behalf of South Korean firm Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management...

HSBC Swiss Private Bank charged over US federal laws
28 November 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC’s Swiss private banking unit has admitted violating federal security law by providing cross-border services to US clients without registering as providers with the SEC...

Arjun Bambawale departs HSBC Security Services
28 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has confirmed that Arjun Bambawale has left his position as head of securities services for Europe...

Scorpeo brings in securities finance experts
24 November 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Corporate actions specialist Scorpeo has recruited Chris Barrow and Jack McNally...

SWIFT announces KYC profiling tool
12 November 2014 La Hulpe
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SWIFT has announced the development of SWIFT Profile, a reporting tool that provides institutions with a global overview of their correspondent banking activities...

Banks fined £2 billion over FX scandal
12 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Five international banks have been fined a total of £2 billion by the FCA and CFTC over attempts to manipulate the foreign exchange market...

New COO for TMF's fund services
14 October 2014 Dublin
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TMF Custom House Fund Services has appointed Kevin Walsh as COO for fund services...