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CACEIS survey finds pension schemes ill-equipped for ESG reporting
21 February 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CACEIS found that 43 percent of trustees and pension fund managers in the UK are unprepared to report on their scheme’s environmental, social and governance policy to a high standard

Hazeltree collaborates with AcadiaSoft to help clients with UMR
21 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new initiative will provide the Hazeltree buy-side community with seamless margin calculations for their entire margin workflow, all in a single cloud solution

UBS names Ralph Hamers as group CEO
20 February 2020 Zürich
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In November, Hamers will succeed the current group CEO, Sergio Ermotti. The UBS board of directors thanked Ermotti for his “outstanding contribution to the firm over the past nine years”

COO’s influences reach ‘beyond back office’, survey reveals
20 February 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services observes that now more than ever COOs are more focused on growth and transformation, which reflects financial institutions’ drive to adapt to change, BNP Paribas observed

Bermuda returns to the EU’s ‘white list’
19 February 2020 Bermuda
Reporter: Maria Ward-Brennan

Bermuda has returned to the European Union’s ‘white list’ of fully cooperative tax jurisdiction for the first time since 2017

HSBC set for restructure as it reveals 35,000 job cuts
19 February 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC’s group executive, Noel Quinn, indicated that HSBC will adjust its headcount in line with how the business is progressing as well as factors relating to the economic environment

Euroclear sees increase in assets under custody
19 February 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Belgium-based post-trade services provider revealed that at year-end it held €31.4 trillion of assets under custody

BitGo acquires digital securities platform
19 February 2020 Palo Alto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BitGo is set to acquire Harbor, the digital securities platform, as well as its broker-dealer and transfer agent subsidiaries

Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services to Illinois pension fund
19 February 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust already provides global custody, securities lending, valuation support, compliance analysis, banking, treasury services, investment management to IMRF

IQ-EQ enhances US presence with Blue River Partners acquisition
19 February 2020 Dallas
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The newly combined US operation between IQ-EQ and Blue River, which is headquartered in Dallas, will total 200 people in the US as a result of this transaction

Citi expands securities services team in Spain and Portugal
18 February 2020 Madrid
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has appointed its current head of corporate sales and solutions for Spain and Portugal to head of markets and securities services, also for Spain and Portugal

J.P. Morgan ‘sharpens focus’ on corporate clients with new hires
18 February 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

J.P. Morgan has made three new appointments to take on senior roles within its corporate banking and wholesale payments franchises in Asia Pacific as the bank continues to sharpen its focus on corporate clients in the region