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ISSA welcomes Credit Suisse’s Andrew Luscombe as board member
16 December 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Luscombe is Credit Suisse’s head of group operations Asia Pacific, based in Singapore

ISSA: securities services to undergo ‘significant change’ in next decade
17 November 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The report showed that changes in investor behaviour, as well as changes in technology and technology-enabled competition, are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry

ISSA elects BNY Mellon’s Caroline Butler to its board of directors
12 August 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The International Securities Services Association has elected Caroline Butler, global head of custody for BNY Mellon, to its board of directors

OCC to slash clearing fees in offer refunds to members
04 August 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Chicago-based equity derivatives organisation has lowered costs for users of US equity derivatives markets as part of a plan to maintain a minimum amount of ‘skin-in-the-game’

ISSA adds Citi representative to the board
10 July 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The International Securities Services Association has appointed Jeff Williams, global head of network management for direct custody and clearing at Citi, to the board of directors

Hex Trust adds ex-HSBC global head of custody to advisory board
07 July 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Hex Trust, the provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets, has appointed Colin Brooks to its advisory board

ICMA calls for central database to improve bond market transparency
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ICMA’s Consolidated Tape Taskforce suggested that the whole market would benefit from a single reliable source of post-trade data

CSDR: ICMA vows to continue push for buy-in amendments, despite ESMA brush off
21 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The association says is it not put off by Steven Maijoor's hardball stance and will not give up lobbying for radical changes to CSDR's settlement discipline regime

Standard Chartered’s Margaret Harwood-Jones joins ISSA board
03 April 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The International Securities Services Association has elected Margaret Harwood-Jones, co-head of financing and securities services at Standard Chartered, to its board of directors

ISSA board elects TCS executive
03 March 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The International Securities Services Association has elected Tata Consulting Services Financial Solutions’ co-head Vivekanand Ramgopal to its board of directors

Deutsche Bank’s Steven Hondelink joins ISSA board
14 February 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Hondelink has joined the International Securities Services Association board representing Deutsche Bank

ISSA calls for industry-wide cooperation on crypto assets
14 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ISSA’s working group on DLT and crypto-assets has called on industry participants to recreate universally recognised market standards and definitions for the emerging crypto world in a new paper released today