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OCC gives green light on cryptocurrency custody services
23 July 2020 Washington DC
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has declared that national banks and federal savings associations have the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their clients

Northern Trust sees assets under custody increase for Q2
23 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust has reported a 7 percent year-on-year growth in assets under custody and/or administration to $12.1 trillion, according to its Q2 2020 figures

IHS Markit and Cassini partner to automate margin estimate calculations
23 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

IHS Markit has partnered with Cassini Systems to automate margin estimate calculations on its multi-asset investment management platform thinkFolio

Maples Group set to enhance fund services via IHS Markit platform
23 July 2020 Cayman Islands
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Maples Group will offer enhanced fund services for private debt and credit funds through integrated IHS Markit loan data feeds

NatWest continues fund partnership with Ardian
22 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services will continue its partnership with Ardian over fund depositary services in the UK and Luxembourg

TelstraSuper reappoints J.P. Morgan as custodian
22 July 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The extension of this mandate follows an evaluation of the market and an assessment of which custodian was best placed to meet the $21 billion fund’s increasing strategic needs

WFE calls for crypto asset taxonomy
22 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The World Federation of Exchanges has called for a response to the development of global stablecoins by creating a common taxonomy to better cover crypto assets

Universal-Investment completes CAPinside acquisition
22 July 2020 Hamburg
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Universal-Investment Group has completed its majority shareholder acquisition of online investment platform CAPinside GmbH

Citi enhances securities services settlements in Hong Kong
22 July 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Citi has launched a proprietary solution using bot technology to offer securities services clients in Hong Kong real-time processing for matching and settlement

Wells Fargo welcomes Mike Santomassimo from BNY Mellon
22 July 2020 San Francisco
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Wells Fargo has appointed Mike Santomassimo as chief financial officer (CFO), effective from autumn this year

Intertrust Ireland appoints transfer agency head
22 July 2020 Dublin
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Intertrust Fund Services Ireland has appointed Blanca McGarry as head of transfer agency

Raiffeisenbank joins Astana International Exchange CSD
22 July 2020 Austria
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Raiffeisenbank has become the first international participant of AIX CSD for the provision of custody services