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Apex welcomes Frederick Shaw as US country head
15 August 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Shaw will work closely with Apex’s regional leadership team, including recently appointed group president Samir Pandiri

Apex appoints Qasir Bashir to country head of Denmark
03 August 2023 Denmark
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in Copenhagen, Bashir will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of Apex’s solutions to Danish clients

SuMi Trust adopts Bloomberg’s SFDR data solution
02 August 2023 Japan
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The Japanese asset management firm will use Bloomberg’s datasets to streamline compliance with the EU regulation

HKEX and IDX sign MOU
27 July 2022 Indonesia
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Indonesia Stock Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding, with the intention of developing the organisations and their markets

ISITC and the TCC begin strategic partnership
27 July 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ISITC and the Tokenized Commodities Council (TCC) have partnered to improve the understanding of digitised and tokenised real-world assets

ISS launches GPD voting solution
18 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ISS Exchange joins the company’s outsourced solutions suite, designed to help custodians and wealth managers meet SRD II requirements

BNP Paribas acquires Kantox
13 July 2023 EU
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The Paris-based firm has received all necessary regulatory approvals to acquire currency risk management fintech Kantox

EFAMA responds to EU’s proposed RTS changes under SFDR
10 July 2023 EU
Reporter: Jamie Richards

EFAMA has called for more time to implement changes and for more consistency with existing policy

ESMA launches CSA for sustainability measures
07 July 2023 EU
Reporter: Jamie Richards

The EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor aims to assess the compliance of supervised asset managers with relevant provisions of SFDR, the Taxonomy Regulation, UCITS and AIFMD

Digitisation is the way forward for banks and asset managers, Objectway report says
07 July 2023 Europe
Reporter: Lucy Carter

More than half of banks and wealth managers intend to embark on full-spectrum digitisation projects within the next two years, according to Objectway’s report, ‘Unlocking opportunity in challenging times: Innovation in European financial services'

Data and Ratings Working Group launches ESG consultation
05 July 2023 UK
Reporter: AST

This draft voluntary code responds to demands for tighter scrutiny of ESG ratings and data products, recognising the importance that ratings agents and data providers are playing in supporting sustainable investment

UNDP, GLEIF and MAS create Project Savannah to digitise basic ESG Credentials for MSMEs
26 June 2023 Global
Reporter: Macy Heath

The initiative is part of an effort to increase requirements from regulators, financial institutions, and supply chain partners for corporations and businesses to report their sustainability performance