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AFME publishes CSDR recommendations
04 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AFME’s recommendations aim to encourage greater and more harmonised use of partial settlement across the industry as a way of improving settlement rates

MUFG Investor Services bolsters FX offering with new hires
04 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"We are keenly focused on bolstering our FX offering this year, as we have seen a significant increase in demand from asset managers for support in this space," says MUFG's John Sergides

KDPW receives CSDR authorisation
04 March 2020 Warsaw
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the single passport system, the authorisation confirms that KDPW meets the EU’s legal requirements for central securities depositories

Onchain Custodian enhances custody offering with IBM services
04 March 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The digital asset custody SAFE platform complements its cold storage offering with a wallet management service underpinned by the IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services

Guernsey Finance names new chief executive
03 March 2020 St Peter Port
Reporter: Maria Ward Brennan

Guernsey Finance has named Rupert Pleasant as its new chief executive, replacing Dominic Wheatley, who in December announced he would be stepping down from his role on 30 June

ISSA board elects TCS executive
03 March 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The International Securities Services Association has elected Tata Consulting Services Financial Solutions’ co-head Vivekanand Ramgopal to its board of directors

Relm to launch digital asset custody insurance
03 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

One of the first five products that Relm will offer includes a tailored digital asset custody insurance programme for digital asset custodians and/or service providers that provide short-term digital asset custody

Saluda Grade selects Socium as fund administrator
03 March 2020 New Jersey
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Saluda Grade has selected Socium Fund Services as its fund administrator for the Saluda Grade Income Fund.

Diginex expands compliance team
03 March 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Tan, who has been appointed as head of compliance, will be responsible for the expansion of Diginex’s regulatory footprint in Singapore

SmartStream forms post-trade partnership with Luxoft
03 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The transformation will enable more efficient, streamlined and cost-effective and middle and back-office operations, SmartStream revealed

LSEG reports revenue growth for 2019
02 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

LSEG revealed that total revenue and total income were both up 8 percent to £2,056 million compared to £1,911 million in 2018, and £2,314 million compared to £2,135 million in 2018, respectively

Broadridge completes FundsLibrary acquisition
02 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The acquisition is set to accelerate Broadridge’s pan-European regulatory communications and digital data platform, as well as support the lifecycle of fund data, documents, and regulatory reporting for the investment industry