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Private equity blockchain launches
23 February 2017 Guernsey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust, in collaboration with IBM and several other stakeholders, has launched a commercial blockchain solution for the private equity market

Northern Trust nabs UBS fund admin businesses
20 February 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has completed an agreement to acquire UBS Asset Management’s fund administration servicing units in Luxembourg and Switzerland

BNY Mellon expands relationships team
16 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has appointed Stephen Doyle to the newly created role of head of UK institutional relationship development for asset servicing

Hedge fund chooses Northern Trust for fund admin
13 February 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has been appointed by the Alpine Global Master Fund, a long/short market-neutral hedge fund, to provide fund administration and middle-office outsourcing services

Deloitte and Irish Funds explore blockchain for regs
03 February 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Irish Funds is working with Deloitte and a handful of industry participants to develop a blockchain proof-of-concept for regulatory reporting...

Northern Trust warns of repo timebomb
23 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The repo market could “shut down” under stress conditions with pension funds most at risk, according to a new Northern Trust whitepaper...

CIBC Mellon boosts Atlantic relationships team
13 January 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CIBC Mellon has appointed Darlene Claes-McKinnon as relationship executive...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for EMEA...

2017 investor services survey goes live
04 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The R&M Consultants 25th Investor Services Survey is now open for responses...

QIC extends mandate with Northern Trust
14 December 2016 Melbourne
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has been reappointed to provide global custody, fund accounting, taxation and investment operations outsourcing services for Australian fund manager QIC Limited...

AFME issues new sub-custodian questionnaire
08 December 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe has published a new due diligence questionnaire in a bid standardise and simplify them for sub-custodians...

Irish funds industry sees growth in 2016
07 December 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Ireland's funds industry has seen growth of 4.2 percent in 2016, according to a Monterey Insight report...