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Zodia Custody receives FCA registration
29 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SC Ventures and Northern Trust’s institutional cryptoasset custody solution, Zodia Custody, is now registered with the Financial Conduct Authority

Raiffeisen Bank bolsters investor services team
29 July 2021 Russia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Raiffeisen Bank has appointed Vasily Permyakov as head of sales, relationship management and business development of its global investor services team in Russia

Sanne acquires PraxisIFM fund business
29 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Sanne has acquired the PraxisIFM fund business for a reported £50 million

ESMA publishes MIFID II/MIFIR annual review report
28 July 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has advised the European Commission to move to stage three of the phase-in for the transparency requirements for RTS 2 under MiFID II/MiFIR suitability requirements

Broadridge joins forces with Snowflake to support buy-side data aggregation
28 July 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Broadridge Financial Solutions has partnered with Snowflake, a data cloud company, to enable its clients to consolidate and analyse trading and portfolio data in the cloud

Standard Chartered releases apprenticeship scheme to reduce employment barriers
28 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Standard Chartered reveals its first front-office financial markets apprenticeship programme, which replaces academic qualification prerequisite with assessment materials to secure an ambitious talent pool

Managers seek data science to optimise investment performance, survey finds
27 July 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

A Northern Trust survey of 300 investment managers found 98 per cent seek to incorporate data science to optimise their investment performance in the hunt for alpha

SWIFT goes live with new payments service
27 July 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Financial messaging service SWIFT has launched SWIFT Go, a new solution that enables businesses and consumers to send highly secure and low-value cross-border payments anywhere in the world

Natixis Investment Managers announce senior appointments
27 July 2021 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Natixis Investment Managers adds Joseph Pinto as head of distribution for Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific, whilst Christophe Lanne is appointed chief administration officer for its Paris office

Inadequacies of middle-office resulting in settlement failures, survey finds
27 July 2021 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In a recent Torstone Technology survey, 60 per cent of institutions said that settlement failures, attributed to inadequacies of the middle-office, are still a significant problem for their business

EBA launches consultation on technical standards for identifying shadow banking entities
26 July 2021 France
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The European Banking Authority has launched a public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards detailing criteria for identifying shadow banking entities for the purpose of reporting large exposures

Asset managers favour pooled trade data tape for MiFID II, despite some hesitation
26 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bloomberg Intelligence asked asset managers and brokers their thoughts on long-considered plans to create an electronic system that collates trade data from trading venues and data aggregators