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Irish fund admins warned to buck up on outsourcing
16 March 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Central Bank of Ireland has issued recommendations to fund administrators that outsource part of their fund administration activities, following a review of outsourcing arrangements in relation to operational risk

Brexit poses threat to CMU success, says Clearstream
16 March 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Strained political relations in the EU has put the harmonisation efforts of Europe’s financial markets, such as the European Central Bank’s T2S settlement platform, under “severe stress”, according to Clearstream

Northern Trust boosts UK fund services team
16 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has appointed Katharine Morris as head of sales for its UK global fund services business

Quest for ‘warehouses of truth’
15 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Increased data quality is the main benefit of data warehousing for asset managers

Asset management IT department’s role will change
15 March 2017 London
Reporter: Barney Dixon

The IT departments of asset managers may see sweeping changes to their roles in the next 10 years

Cultural battle being waged over data
15 March 2017 London
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Efficient data management in financial institutions is a cultural battle that is still being fought, heard attendees of the Summit for Asset Management

Robot out of it, say asset managers
15 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Traditional wealth management providers have nothing to fear from robo advisors, according to panellists at TSAM

J.P. Morgan reshuffles asset custody team
15 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan has revamped its asset custody and agent lending desks with new talent

Euroclear to enter US equity clearing space
15 March 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear is on the cusp of gaining access to providing limited clearing for US equities

FINMA approves first derivatives trade repository
14 March 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX Securities Services has received approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority to officially launch its Swiss derivative trade repository, subject to certain conditions

PFS hires cloud services specialist
14 March 2017 Isle of Man
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Pacific Fund Systems has appointed Didier Lucotte as cloud services manager, overseeing its PFS-Cloud initiatives

Indata upgrades in MiFID II prep
14 March 2017 Greenwich, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Software and technology provider Indata has upgraded its iPM Epic software suite in order to improve functionality ahead of the implementation of MiFID II