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Northern Trust opens new Norway branch
09 February 2021 Norway
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new office has been established following the reappointment by Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP), Norway’s largest life insurance firm

RBI to expand presence in selected focus markets with Equa bank acquisition
08 February 2021 Austria
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RBI will acquire Equa bank from AnaCap Financial Partners, a specialist financial services private equity investor, through its Czech subsidiary Raiffeisenbank a.s.

Citi to service CSOP Asset Management’s first OFC ETF
08 February 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi will provide custody, fund administration and trustee services for the launch of CSOP’s first exchange-traded funds in the form of an open-ended fund company

MUFG Investor Services extends limited partner services to Europe and Asia
05 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The expansion out of North America is in response to increased market demand for limited partner services globally by private equity, real estate and other institutional investors

Ultimus partners with Public Trust Advisors
05 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership comes after Ultimus’ input in the construction and launch of the new Public Trust Participant Portal, a product that was developed collaboratively by the two firms

BNP Paribas securities services revenues increase on quarterly basis
05 February 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas reported its securities services revenues came in at €2.2 billion for Q4 2020, an increase of the €544 million total in the bank’s Q3 financial results

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing

BNP Paribas collaborates with fintech for new blockchain powered solution
05 February 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new solution is set to enhance trade lifecycle management capabilities for exchange-traded derivatives

EFAMA demands extension for new PRIIPS rules implementation
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“With only eleven months remaining, there is insufficient time left for fund managers (and other product manufacturers) to properly implement the envisaged wide-ranging changes,” says EFAMA

EIOPA’s board of supervisors agree on changes to PRIIPs KID
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

While some national competent authorities at EIOPA’s board continued to express reservations on the draft RTS, they supported the proposal based on the further details provided by the commission on their approach to the broader review of PRIIPs

AcadiaSoft acquires Quaternion to bolster risk management capabilities
05 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Quaternion division of AcadiaSoft will be led by its co-founders CEO Donal Gallagher, and chief technology officer Roland Lichters

BNY Mellon teams up with Google Cloud on new solution
05 February 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The new initiative will leverage Google Cloud’s data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to develop new collateral management and liquidity solutions built on Google Cloud