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Pension fund mandate for BNP Paribas
21 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The West Sussex Pension Fund is the fifth appointment BNP Paribas has secured under the Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) National Framework Agreement

IHS Markit names new COO for thinkFolio
21 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cunningham will lead thinkFolio’s product management, services, support and managed service offering

AcadiaSoft expands user base for IM compliance
21 September 2017 Massachusetts
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The second phase of the IM rules went live on 1 September under the regulatory framework of BCBS and IOSCO

SIX: Speedy settlement key in collateral management
21 September 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Real-time settlement is the most important consideration when choosing a new collateral management provider, according to research from SIX Securities Services

FCA takes pragmatic approach to MiFID II deadline
21 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s financial conduct authority has indicated it will accept a soft roll out of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive in January

Trade Informatics releases Peer Analysis tool
20 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new addition will provide asset managers with tools to analyse how they compete with other money managers

BNP Paribas becomes first French OTC Clearing member
20 September 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Barney Dixon

BNP Paribas has joined OTC Clearing Hong Kong, as the clearinghouse’s 17th member, and the first from France

LRI Group adds to real assets team
20 September 2017 Luxembourg City
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dittrich will be responsible for acquiring new clients specifically focused on real estate, private equity and infrastructure projects

Ten-year T2S saga comes to an end
19 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Target2-Securities pan-European harmonised settlement platform is finally fully operational, as the Spanish and Baltic markets completed their migration yesterday

SS&C on point with launch of Precision LM 3.0
19 September 2017 Windsor
Reporter: Theo Andrew

With improvements spanning across the loan production, servicing and technology functions, the Precision LM 3.0 upgrade also includes expandable web services, helping to improve operational efficiency

Linedata and DTCC keep partnership going
19 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new updated programme, Extensible Markup Language allows Linedata clients to match transactions across extended asset classes, and enables trade processing on one platform

PwC promotes into leadership roles
19 September 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

Elizabeth Stone will be responsible for working with asset and wealth management clients across audit, tax, advisory, deals and legal services across the UK