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AFME sets out recommendations for supervisory convergence on crypto-asset regs
13 November 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

In the paper, the association set out five recommendations to help encourage collaboration between regulators in Europe and work towards a common approach to the regulation and development of crypto assets in financial services

Electra expands reconciliation platform offering
12 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Electra Information Systems has expanded its Electra Reconciliation platform to enable firms to process investigations by identifying the root causes of trade breaks or exceptions

Diginex launches digital asset custody services
12 November 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Digivault will provide a vaulted cold storage solution for a range of digital asset holdings including blockchain and ethereum through its Kelvin offering

Eurex’s ISA Direct gains first EU-domiciled bank as member
11 November 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RLB NÖ-Wien is now a direct clearing member of Eurex’s ISA Direct service, with ABN AMRO acting as clearing agent

Citi bolsters securities team
11 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has appointed Joerg Guenther as global head of securities services and issuer technology

Citi joins Tadawul and expands Saudi Arabia presence
08 November 2019 Riyadh
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has joined Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, and expanded its direct custody and clearing services to Saudi Arabia

AAX digital asset exchange goes live on LSEG platform
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LSEG Technology’s Millennium Exchange has been deployed as part of the go-live of the AAX digital asset exchange

Ocorian authorised as AIF depositary in Luxembourg
08 November 2019 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Ocorian has been authorised to act as a depositary to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in Luxembourg after approval from the Ministry of Finance

Tom Taylor hired as client specialist at HSBC
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has appointed Tom Taylor as a client specialist

KRM22 partners with deltaconX for regulation compliance
07 November 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KRM22 has partnered with deltaconX, a provider of regulatory reporting services for European financial, energy and commodity trading organisations

EuroCCP to execute trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
07 November 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EuroCCP is to clear trades executed on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, from 11 November 2019

SEC issues three-year extension of MiFID II relief
06 November 2019 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The no-action letter, which was set to expire 3 July 2020, has been extended until 3 July 2023