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Citi ceases to restructure
27 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Citi has announced the end of the restructuring that came as a response to the financial crisis, now the franchise has been “streamlined”, according to the bank’s CEO Michael Corbat

Euroclear partnership to boost international investment in Peru
27 July 2017 Lima
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance has allowed for a $3 billion bond to be made available to both domestic and international investors, facilitated by Euroclear

Record-breaking Q2 for State Street
27 July 2017 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street recorded record levels of assets under custody and administration, and assets under management in Q2 2017, with the former topping $31 trillion

StatPro hires new North American sales director
27 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

StatPro Group has appointed Will Entwistle as sales director and executive for North America

RBC I&TS builds on global reconciliations team
26 July 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS) has appointed Michelle Hall as a director of UK business management, as a permanent member of staff.

FCA consults on SMR extension
26 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its proposals for extending the Senior Managers and Certification Regime to almost all regulated financial services firms

BNY Mellon continues spate of senior hires
26 July 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has appointed Francis Giglio as Asia Pacific (APAC) head of depository receipts

Northern Trust Corporation reports 16 percent rise in assets under custody
25 July 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Northern Trust has reported a 16 percent rise in assets under custody in Q2 2017.

Standard Chartered builds on securities services team
25 July 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered has appointed Ryan Cuthbertson as head of product management, custody and clearing, securities services and transaction banking

UniCredit embarks on test phase for European instant payments
25 July 2017 Milan
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UniCredit has started testing EBA Clearing’s instant payment solution RT1, in preparation to roll out instant payments multinationally

Eagle Fund Accounting Solution to be used by Desjardins
24 July 2017
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Desjardins Asset Management, part of Desjardins Group, previously signed with Eagle Accounting for its asset management in 2011

Clearstream gains Edmond de Rothschild as Vestima client
24 July 2017 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Vestima, Clearstream’s fund process programme, will assist Rothschild by processing its assets in its mutual funds and hedge funds on a single platform