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Avia Fund Services selects PFS-PAXUS
26 June 2018 Isle of Man
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Avia Fund Services Limited has selected its Pacific Fund System’s PFS-PAXUS fund administration system for third-party fund administration business operations

Lack of tools and data is a barrier for asset owners
25 June 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Lack of tools and data is a barrier for asset owners, an ESG survey by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing Management has revealed

State Street Global Advisors appoints Marcus Miholic
25 June 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

State Street Global Advisors SPDR has appointed Marcus Miholich as head of capital markets for EMEA and APAC

SANNE appoints new director of private equity
25 June 2018 Jersey
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SANNE has appointed Ashley Vardon as new director of private equity funds, adding further strength its global private equity offering

Clearstream Banking to stop handling cannabis-related securities
25 June 2018 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearstream Banking has informed customers that it will no longer be possible to settle and safe keep securities at the bank where the main business is connected directly or indirectly to cannabis and other narcotics products, effective 28 September

EFA appoints Cédric Jauquet
25 June 2018 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Cédric Jauquet as head of private asset services and member of the company’s executive committee

Heartwood: ECB’s Draghi’s statement on quantitative easing had hawkish ambition
22 June 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Mario Draghi’s statement was a masterstroke, communicating hawkish ambition while simultaneously sounding dovish”, according to Heartwood Investment Management’s Graham Bishop

Torstone Technology: Self-clearing isn’t for every firm
22 June 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Torstone Technology has released a whitepaper that investigates deliberations faced by sell-side firms with regards to the decision to self-clear versus outsource post-trade processes

Dentons sets up Eurozone hub
22 June 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global law firm, Dentons, has set up a new Eurozone Hub in Frankfurt to advise banks, investment firms, funds, insurers, financial technology firms on financial regulation and monetary policy in the Eurozone

Skills shortage is the top fear for UK financial services
22 June 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Skills shortage is ranked as one of the top fears for UK financial services, Robert Half Financial Services has revealed

BackBay: Compliance expenditures increasing
21 June 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Asset managers expect compliance expenditure and regulatory burden to increase over the next five years, according to new research from BackBay Communications and Osney Media

BIS: Trust is the missing link in today’s cryptocurrencies
21 June 2018 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Cryptocurrencies’ model of generating trust has limited their potential to replace conventional money, according to BIS