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Deutsche Bank joins ranks of custodians offering securities lending via QFII scheme
06 January 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Natalie Turner

“After recently receiving our China domestic fund custody license, this transaction is another testimony of our strong capabilities in securities services with a well-aligned offering for local and cross-border business,” says Tony Chao

BNY Mellon adds to its asset servicing team
06 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNY Mellon has bolstered its asset servicing business with the appointments of Neal Chansky and Amos Rogers

Phil Lynch joins SimCorp from SIX
05 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Based in New York, Lynch will report to Jon Irgens, vice president, head of go-to-market strategy at SimCorp

Brexit deal shows 'lack of focus' on financial services
05 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Industry experts from the financial services sector discuss the short term outcomes as well as the longer term effects

TMF Group grows Singapore team with two new additions
05 January 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

TMF Group has appointed two new senior executives to accelerate the growth of the firm’s funds business unit in Singapore.

MJ Hudson enhances data and analytics division
05 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MJ Hudson’s acquisition of PERACS marks a significant move into fund and portfolio performance analytics

Broadridge and SLIB team up on SRD II solution for French market
05 January 2021 France
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The solution, which will cover European shareholder meetings, will use Broadridge’s global proxy solution and includes a straight-through processing connection to SLIB’s Votaccess platform

Equiom expands Dublin office with new super ManCo platform
04 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The team in Ireland is led by Kevin Bardon, who joins from Deutsche Bank where he led its Irish super ManCo platform since 2017

Brexit: ESMA withdraws registration of four UK-based TRs
04 January 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The UK-based TRs to have been withdrawn include DTCC Derivatives Repository, UnaVista, CME Trade Repository, ICE Trade Vault Europe

Standard Chartered China supports first stock borrowing deal by QFII
04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered Bank (China) has taken on the role of the custodian in assisting a large overseas institutional investor to complete a stock borrowing deal in the A-share market

HSBC enables short selling transactions under the QFII/RQFII scheme
04 January 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The first short selling transactions took place on 29 December marking the first time offshore investors could participate in MF&SS transactions on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges

Fenergo: global asset managers continue to struggle with digital strategies
24 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Just over one third of global asset managers have completed digital transformation projects, according to Fenergo’s findings from its global asset management research