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MUFG hires John Karabelas
21 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

MUFG has appointed John Karabelas as head of institutional investor sales for the US

Asset servicers broaden offerings as part of acquisition trend
21 December 2018 Copenhagen
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The acquisition trend in the investment management software vendor space gathers pace and widens to include asset servicers broadening the scope of their offerings, according to Klaus Holse, CEO, SimCorp

DTCC’s Larry Thompson retires
20 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Larry Thompson has retired from DTCC after working there for more than three decades, effective end of this year

EC adopts conditional equivalence for CCPs and CSDs post-Brexit
20 December 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Commission has adopted conditional equivalence for CCPs and CSDs post-Brexit, as part of its no deal contingency action plan

New mandate strengthens Citi’s ties with Aegon
20 December 2018 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Citi has been appointed by Kames Capital UK Funds, a branch of Aegon Asset Management, to provide depositary services, representing £7 billion in assets

MUFG subsidiary gains investment firm licence in the Netherlands
20 December 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings, a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG, has been granted a licence to operate as an investment firm by the Dutch Authority Markets

Northern Trust launches Rec dashboard
20 December 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust Hedge Fund Service has launched a Reconciliations Dashboard, a reporting tool that aims to improve efficiency in account reconciliation

S.D. Indeval selects BNP Paribas for custody services
19 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas explained that this is a “strategic mandate” for the firm in the Americas

Grange Insurance selects Northern Trust for global custody services
19 December 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust has been appointed by Grange Insurance to provide global custody and insurance investment accounting services to its investment operations

Citi reshuffles its prime brokerage business
19 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has reshuffled its prime brokerage business and will move its foreign exchange prime brokerage business under the same umbrella as its prime finance and securities services business

TMF Group acquires State Street’s PERE
19 December 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

TMF Group has acquired State Street’s Private Equity and Real Estate fund servicing business in the Chanel Islands

Blythe Masters steps down as CEO of Digital Asset
19 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Digital Asset CEO Blythe Masters has requested to step down for personal reasons