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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

Delta Capita appoints James Baker as chief business development officer
26 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

James Baker, former Barclays global head of platforms and issuance development, will oversee Delta Capita’s structured retail products

IQ-EQ acquires Davy Global Fund Management
26 July 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IQ-EQ has acquired Davy Global Fund Management (DGFM), part of Davy Group

Capco and AccessFintech partner over data workflow solution
26 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Capco has partnered with AccessFintech to enhance the engineering and delivery of the latter’s data management and workflow solution

SIX expands its international custody services reach to US
26 July 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The US office will be led by René Haag, former SIX senior relationship manager, following the formation of SIX SIS USA

Exclusive: Credit Benchmark reveals results from its latest consensus data
23 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"The dominance of improvement in consensus opinion is a welcome change after several months of deterioration, particular for entities like prime brokers that are so important to the functioning of the financial system,” says David Carruthers

Ocorian hires US business development head
23 July 2021 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Ocorian has appointed Marc van Rijckevorsel as head of business development for US corporate and fund services, based in New York

Thoma Bravo merges Calypso and AxiomSL
23 July 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The combination of Calypso and AxiomSL is set to create a comprehensive cloud-based solution provider for the financial industry

Citi appoints Rahul Saraf as head of its investment bank in India
23 July 2021 India
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Rahul Saraf has been appointed head of investment banking for Citi’s India office after 16 years at the company

Regulators should step up in the public blockchain space, SETL suggests
23 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"It's time we opened up this sector to innovation from the regulated financial services sector,” states Anthony Culligan, chief engineer and co-author of SETL’s new whitepaper