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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...

Blockchain consortium turns attention to KYC
11 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

R3 and ten of its consortium banks have developed proof-of-concept for a shared know-your-customer (KYC) service using distributed ledger technology to help manage identity controls...

Northern Trust expands Asia fund services team
26 October 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has appointed Caroline Higgins as head of its global fund services business in Asia...

Flexibility and leadership key to data strategies
04 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers require governance and flexibility in their data strategies, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Northern Trust...

Industry heavyweight joins MUFG Investor Services
20 September 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

MUFG Investor Services has appointed Kate Stallard as executive director for business development EMEA, focusing on the private equity, real estate and infrastructure business..