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ECB in favour of a consolidated approach towards DLT
15 April 2021 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The ECB’s new report seeks to establish a common understanding among European stakeholders of the progress that the industry has made to date in implementing DLT in line with the current regulatory system

AFME calls for consistent ESG reporting requirements
15 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

A central component to unlocking change at the scale needed is for the regulatory framework to enable the procurement and disclosure of high-quality, comparable ESG data, says AFME

Market ‘cop’ Gensler confirmed as SEC chair
15 April 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

As the agency faces new challenges — crypto, post-GameStop retail investing, ESG, to name a few — the appointment of Gary Gensler signals the end of the Trump administration’s hands-off approach to financial markets

Canoe Intelligence collaborates with Holland Mountain
15 April 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Holland Mountain’s ATLAS data platform will be able to connect with Canoe’s technology to streamline the delivery and aggregation of clean alternative investment reporting data from all client systems into one reporting interface

BNY Mellon selected for transfer agency services by Charles Schwab
15 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"We are eager to work with the BNY Mellon team and have been impressed by its service model, solutions, deep industry experience and the strategic vision they bring to investor solutions," says Charles Schwab Investment Management's Mark Fischer

Debbie Lee takes on role as China country head for Apex
15 April 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We are pleased to welcome Debbie Lee to lead our China business at a critical time in the growth of our locally delivered financial services offering," comments Apex's Mantot-Groene

KLAR Partners selects Intertrust as fund administrator
14 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Intertrust, a provider of specialised administration services, has been appointed as fund administrator and depositary to European private equity firm KLAR Partners

BNP Paribas and Riyad Capital to provide joint asset servicing offering
14 April 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Based on three key elements, the offering enables products and services to be delivered under one single contract between Riyad Capital and a client

TrustQuay expands to Luxembourg with new office
14 April 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The new office comes after TrustQuay significantly invested in Luxembourg-specific corporate services, trust and fund administration functionality such as eCDF and FAIA reporting

Clearstream gains CSDR licences for its international CSD
14 April 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The authorisation marks a key step in achieving full CSDR compliance for all of Clearstream’s CSDs

Lisa O’Connor takes on head of post trade change at HKEX
14 April 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Lisa O’Connor, who joins HKEX with almost 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently worked as SWIFT’s head of capital markets strategy, global

MarketAxess completes MuniBrokers acquisition
13 April 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The acquisition is designed to expand MarketAxess’ existing municipal bond trading solution for global institutional investor and dealer clients