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CSC expands fund services offering into Ireland
30 April 2020 Dublin
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The license was approved by the Central Bank of Ireland after a six-month application process

AcadiaSoft partners with Margin Reform & Margin Tonic to support UMR compliance
29 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Margin Reform and Margin Tonic will offer consulting services to AcadiaSoft clients ahead of the final phases of UMR

Nasdaq and R3 to deliver institutional grade offering for digital assets exchanges
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of the co-operation, Nasdaq’s Market Technology business will leverage R3’s enterprise blockchain software Corda

DASH introduces new regulatory capital compliance platform
29 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DASH said the new platform will provide broker-dealers with a choice between the scalability, security and flexibility of the cloud or the complete control offered by local deployment

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

RBC I&TS defined benefit pension plans suffer biggest decline since 2008
29 April 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe experienced the steepest decline since 2008, posting a median return of -7.1 percent for Q1 2020

Zürcher Kantonalbank sells BVG administration business of Swisscanto Vorsorge
29 April 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Zürcher Kantonalbank has sold the BVG administration business of Swisscanto Vorsorge AG (SVAG) to PFS Pension Fund Services AG

Societe Generale bolsters client coverage team with two appointments
29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Societe Generale Securities Services has strengthened its client coverage team with the appointment of Stewart Gladstone and Steve Gutowski

Northern Trust enhances ESG analytics
29 April 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The ESG Analytics Summary, which will be prepared by Northern Trust’s investment risk and analytical services group, will provide investors with periodic snapshot analysis across their equity and corporate bond portfolio

PwC Switzerland collaborates with Baymarkets on post-trade and clearing solutions
29 April 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The joint business relationship will combine the “practical know-how, experience and skills of both companies to design, implement, deliver and operate post-trade and clearing solutions to the highest standards in the financial markets”

EuropeanIssuers shares industry concerns with ESMA
28 April 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EuropeanIssuers has sent a letter to ESMA to ensure issuers’ concerns are heard in these “trying times”, amid COVID-19 challenges

Northern Trust Universe Data shows steep losses for US institutions plan sponsors in Q1
28 April 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The international equity programme’s quarterly median return is the lowest this century,” says Northern Trust’s regional head of investment risk and analytical services