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HSBC appoints Matt Bowen as head of securities financing
18 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Matt Bowen will lead the build-out of our US arranged financing proposition, to help grow our footprint with US institutional clients, connecting them to our global network," said Loic Lebrun

AuM at world’s largest asset managers reach new record
18th October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Assets under management at the world’s 500 largest asset managers have reached a new record of US$119.5 trillion, according to new research from the Thinking Ahead Institute

Ivan Gilmore is appointed LCH head of cash equities
18 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Ivan Gilmore will be responsible for the development and management of LCH Ltd and SA, overseeing the clearing of cash equities products and leadership of the services

Dutch firm VLK selects BNP Paribas for custody services
18th October 2021 Netherlands
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the agreement, BNP will also provide Kempen Capital Management with custody depositary bank, fund accounting, regulatory reporting, collateral management and foreign exchange services

Taskize’s CEO to step down
18th October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

John O’ Hara (pictured right) is to step down from his role as CEO of Taskize after nearly 10 years of service and will be replaced by Phillip Slavin (pictured left) who is currently COO

HKEX launches new corporate actions service
18 October 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new service provides an additional channel for market participants to receive information on corporate actions in the form of ISO 20022 messages via SWIFT

LCH includes SGD government securities and cash as eligible collateral
18 October 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Bob Currie

Widening of collateral eligibility follows 24-hour opening at SwapClear as part of steps to improve clearing access for Asia-Pacific clients

Clearwater Analytics appoints new head of solutions
15 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Clearwater Analytics has appointed Sai Perry as head of solutions, Europe and Asia

Citi sees securities services increase for Q3
15 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi’s securities services revenues of $692 million have increased 10 per cent on a reported basis and 9 per cent in constant dollars for Q3 2021

ESMA appoints Verena Ross as new chair
15 October 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

German national Ross served as ESMA executive director from 2011 to 2021 and previously held regulatory positions in London

U.S. Bank launches cryptocurrency custody services
15 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

U.S. Bank has launched its cryptocurrency custody services which will be available to its global fund services clients

BNY Mellon's Pershing appoints Ainslie Simmonds
15 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in New York, Simmonds will join Pershing's executive committee