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DTCC publishes CBDC pilot findings
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

DTCC has published the findings of its pilot programme investigating how tokenised securities and a wholesale CBDC would operate in the US settlement infrastructure

State Street terminates acquisition of BBH’s Investor Services business
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

State Street agreed that “it is not in the best interests of clients, shareholders or employees to continue to invest time and resources in the transaction in this challenging financial services M&A environment”

Lack of corporate actions automation remains a serious concern, ValueExchange report finds
30 November 2022 Canada
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The paper, ‘Reimagining the Corporate Actions Operating Model’, finds that difficulties to scale can be seen across the industry

AFME report outlines capital markets’ role to address biodiversity loss
30 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe and Ernst & Young have published a report that explores how finance can be channelled to help address biodiversity loss

SEBA Bank opens Hong Kong subsidiary
30 November 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Swiss crypto bank SEBA Bank has opened a new Hong Kong office for its subsidiary, SEBA Hong Kong

RBC to acquire HSBC Canada
30 November 2022 Canada
Reporter: Lucy Carter

RBC has entered into an agreement to acquire HSBC Canada, expanding its business banking solutions arm and offering further services to its international business clients

Yourstake launches a free library of SFDR data
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

Data solutions provider Yourstake has launched a free library of SFDR data, covering the top 200 highest market cap companies in the S&P 500 and Stoxx 600 index

Northern Trust and Saphyre automate account services
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The solution increases the transparency and efficiency of account setup and maintenance and asset transfer requests, among other event types

CACEIS adds Sismo’s analysis and investment tool to its Connect Store
29 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

As part of the mandate, Sismo’s web platform will be available through CACEIS’ Connect store

Kneip and Next Gate Tech partner to enhance data services
29 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lyndsey Young

Kneip, a provider of fund-level data management and regulatory reporting has partnered with Next Gate Tech, a Fintech specialising in data management and analytics

Broadridge and SLIB go-live with voting solution for French market
29 November 2022 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The solution aims to provide firms with an efficient, streamlined process throughout the vote processing lifecycle. With an automated and digital approach, Broadridge says the solution will reduce exposure to operational and regulatory risk

Swift Go adds more than 300 banks over 120 countries during 2022
29 November 2022 Belgium
Reporter: AST

This solution aims to deliver speed and transparency to payments of up to US$10,000, enabling users to send USD, GBP and EUR payments cross-border with a breakdown of how much it will cost them in deductions before they execute