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BNP Paribas wades into collateral pools with triparty service
05 October 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As a triparty collateral agent, BNP Paribas Securities Services handles its clients’ collateral needs, from net exposure calculation, automatic collateral allocation and substitution, to physical settlement and custody

Swift releases data validation service
05 October 2017 Barcelona
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The service assesses the quality of the bank reference data stored in a corporate’s database, which is typically used to facilitate payments

MUFG Investor Services bolsters fund financing team
04 October 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Ben Griffiths joins as as managing director of global head of fund financing, and will be based in London

Todd Moyer promoted to COO of Confluence
04 October 2017 Pittsburgh
Reporter: Theo Andrew

Previously executive vice president of global business development, Moyer will now lead Confluence’s operations, providing global direction, and will head up the sales, account management and marketing activities

SIX launches Swiss derivatives trade repository service
03 October 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The service comes in response to strong demand in the market, and allows large Swiss financial counterparties to report transactions under FMIA before the compliance deadline

RBC tops R&M fund admin survey
03 October 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The R&M Investor Services survey asked asset managers and other financial services clients to score their fund accounting and administration providers out of seven

Broadridge acquires Summit Financial Disclosure
03 October 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The acquisition will see Summit’s document programme and regulatory filing services integrate with Broadridge’s communications services

KDPW files for CDSR authorisation in Poland
03 October 2017 Warsaw
Reporter: Theo Andrew

According to KDPW, the group will aim to service the Polish market, meaning market participants will not need use foreign post-trade service providers

Northern Trust strengthens fund services in Luxembourg and Switzerland
02 October 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The deal, first announced in February, positions the wealth management provider as the leading administrator in Switzerland, in terms of assets, and as a top 10 asset servicing provider in Luxembourg

Calastone appoints new managing director
02 October 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Henning Swabey will manage Calastone’s sales teams across Europe, and will be responsible for defining and implementing the European business development strategy

Analizo launches algorithm-as-a-service solution
02 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Analizo reports that nine out of 10 actively managed funds in Europe are currently missing their benchmarks, and claims that the new solution will improve this statistic

UCITS equity funds at highest level since 2015, according to EFAMA
29 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EFAMA’s survey included 29 associations representing more than 99 percent of European UCITS and AIF assets