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Canadian pension plan investments ‘weather rough markets’ in Q1, says Northern Trust
01 May 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Candian defined benefit plans took a plunge in investment returns in Q1 2020, according to the Northern Trust Canada Universe

UMB Fund Services appoints James Curry
01 May 2020 Milwaukee
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Curry will focus on fund distribution services for clients, further enhancing the firm’s service offering to the asset management industry

Deutsche Bank securities services revenue sees Q1 decline
01 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The decline in securities services revenues reflects the absence of a gain in the prior period, according to Deutsche Bak

Tony Olivo rejoins Phoenix American
30 April 2020 San Rafael
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Tony Olivo has returned to Phoenix American from PEF Services LLC

Apex names new head of APAC
30 April 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The appointment follows closely on from Apex’s announcement to expand its corporate solutions offering in APAC through obtaining a Trust and Corporate Services licence in Hong Kong

HSBC halts job cuts and restructures
30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“HSBC’s planned job cuts are currently the biggest of the major UK and European banks, but others may be forced to accelerate cost-cutting along with impairment provisioning," industry expert says

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