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ESMA: European Commission “needs to clarify certain aspects of CSDR”
09 August 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA has spoken to National Competent Authorities and other relevant market players about their plans to use DLT for securities services in the coming future

Broadridge onboards UBS onto distributed ledger repo platform
09 August 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Broadridge, a US global financial technology company, has announced UBS has joined its distributed ledger repo platform after its launch in June

Foreign banks permitted to become direct clearing members of Russia’s NCC
09 August 2021 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

International banks may become direct clearing members of Moscow Exchange Group’s clearing entity, with NCC launching tax agent service

Digital asset bank Greengage secures £2.5m funding from IOVLabs
09 August 2021 Gibraltar
Reporter: Alex Pugh

Both of the Gibraltar-based firms want to democratise and open up B2B crypto lending to underserved markets such as SMEs, using the open-source RSK Blockchain and RSK Infrastructure Framework

Link Group acquires Luxembourg’s Casa4Funds
09 August 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Link Group has completed its acquisition of Luxembourg-headquartered Casa4Funds SA from Banor Capital, following regulatory approval from the CSSF, Luxembourg’s financial regulator

Exegy appoints chief revenue officer
09 August 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Exegy has appointed Craig Schachter as chief revenue officer

Apex Group expands US presence with new acquisition
06 August 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Apex Group has acquired Greenough Consulting Group, a provider of finance, accounting, and human resources services to technology companies, venture capital and private equity funds

Citi hires new Finland head of securities services
06 August 2021 Finland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has appointed Teemu Pihlatie as Finland head of securities services

Assets under custody surge to new record, ACSA reveals
06 August 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ACSA reveals assets under custody surged by 10.9 per cent to a new record of $4.4 trillion in the six months to 30 June 2021, according to the Australian Custodial Services Association

J.P. Morgan names new head of global custody for EMEA
05 August 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

J.P. Morgan has hired a new head of global custody for EMEA and a new head of direct custody for the Americas

Documents going digital, though costly manual processes still exist, Acadia survey finds
05 August 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In a recent Acadia survey, 80 per cent of respondents said that they are moving toward agreement digitisation, highlighting that their documents are at least partially digitised

Alternative fund managers predict increased popularity of IFCs
05 August 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Research from Ocorian has revealed that 85 per cent of alternative fund managers expect to see increased demand for investment vehicles to be based in IFCs over the next three to five years