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ESMA releases 2020 Annual Report
16 June 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator reflects on its work during 2020 and actions relating to supervisory convergence, Single Rulebook and oversight of financial infrastructure

Northern Trust adds ESG to its asset servicing solutions for M&S
16 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust is providing M&SPT with analytical reporting solutions through its ESG Insights service, launched in 2020

Diginex and EQUOS rebrand as EQONEX
16 June 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The new brand EQONEX signifies all the strongest elements of our existing brands. We provide a regulated, compliant and secure ecosystem with equality for all clients, both institutional and retail,” says Richard Byworth

Alan McIntyre joins Kaizen in regulatory reporting role
16 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

McIntyre’s DTCC Global Trade Repository expertise will support Kaizen’s clients with their trade repository services, derivatives and securities financing transactions requirements

ASX launches real-time corporate actions STP service
16 June 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Dominic Stevens, ASX managing director and CEO, explains that corporate actions are a “critical feature in capital markets”, with thousands of these events taking place on ASX every year

BlackRock links with Cassini to enhance margin analytics on Aladdin
16 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Strategic partnership will deliver wider derivatives margining and collateral analytics to Aladdin users from September

Northern Trust extends capabilities with Depotbank Licence
15 June 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Marco Wiegmann has been appointed head of the new Depotbank with responsibility for Swiss custodian, depositary and transfer agency services within the Depotbank

Volante and SIA team up to help increase digital payments adoption in Europe
15 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The partnership will allow the banking and financial communities to send and receive payments in 10 seconds or less for a maximum amount currently set at €100,000 per individual transaction

EBA Clearing collaborates with Iberpay on new request-to-pay scheme
15 June 2021 Spain
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Payment service providers and other service providers adhering to this new SEPA scheme may now exchange SRTP messages end to end, in split seconds and across Europe

De Volksbank joins Eurex’s ISA Direct
15 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Dutch bank De Volksbank has joined Eurex’s ISA Direct model, to gain the benefits of direct clearing membership to a broader range of institutions

Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi becomes chairman of the Euroclear group boards
15 June 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi joins Euroclear from Citigroup where he has been the New York-based CEO of Citi Transaction Services and Citi Holdings

LSE’s Michael Findlay to chair FCA markets panel
15 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The UK regulator’s Markets Practitioner Panel provides external and independent input to the FCA from the point of view of financial market participants