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Standard Chartered implements domestic mutual fund custody in China
10 June 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The opening up of the market to international custodians has since created more options for domestic mutual and private funds

Alex Ross-Wilson joins Capco as partner and UK banking lead
10 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Capco has appointed Alex Ross-Wilson as a new partner with responsibility for the company’s UK banking practice, based in London

Gensler spotlights SEC thinking on T+0 settlement and payment for order flow
10 June 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Time equals risk in financial markets and recent events have triggered questions around whether risk can be lowered through shortening the T+2 settlement cycle, says US SEC chair Gary Gensler

Fintech DASH enhances analytics offering
10 June 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

DASH360 Risk provides sell-side firms with real-time visibility of all activity at the firm, account or trader level, including risk limit consumption, risk breaches and alerts

Northern Trust reveals new leadership roles in APAC
10 June 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In this leadership role, Higgins will oversee Northern Trust’s asset servicing business activities across the three markets and assume executive management responsibilities for the bank’s Hong Kong office

ESMA publishes new stress test framework for CCPs
10 June 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

The 2021 Stress Test, which is the fourth iteration of its evaluation framework, draws on experience gained from previous evaluation exercises

Standard Chartered named settlement bank for the Euro in Buna
09 June 2021 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered has reached an agreement with the Arab Monetary Fund to serve as a settlement bank for the Euro currency in Buna, the cross-border payment system owned by the AMF

Gemini acquires crypto custody technology
09 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"Across the institutional and retail crypto markets globally, there is growing demand for instant and secure access to digital assets," says Blair Halliday, head of UK, Gemini

BBH launches connectors programme
09 June 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The connectors programme is launching with four unaffiliated external firms — Clearwater Analytics, Financial Recovery Technologies, IdealRatings and OnCorps — while also using several BBH-built solutions

Julie Zhu to lead Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in China
09 June 2021 China
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Julie Zhu has been with Northern Trust since 2005 working predominantly with Chinese clients, and most recently served as deputy Beijing branch manager

Parnassus Investments selects Ultimus as transfer agent administrator
09 June 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership will see Parnassus’ shareholders gain easy access to their accounts through Ultimus’ proprietary uTRANSACTTM platform

Bank of England analyses financial risks posed by climate change
09 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says: “This is a novel exercise as firms will have to engage closely with counterparties to get detailed data on those counterparties’ exposures to these risks."