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WSBA launches Blockchain Assets Working Group
3 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, a non-profit trade association, has announced a new working group focused on ‘native assets’ that rely on public blockchains...

Deloitte and Irish Funds explore blockchain for regs
03 February 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Irish Funds is working with Deloitte and a handful of industry participants to develop a blockchain proof-of-concept for regulatory reporting...

Brexit whitepaper hints at ‘third-country’ status
02 February 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK could adopt ‘third-country’ status in financial services upon its exit from the EU, according to the long awaited Brexit whitepaper...

RBC I&TS to support new French fund vehicle
02 February 2017 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

AXIO Capital has selected RBC Investor & Treasury Services to provide custody services, holding liabilities and positions for a new fund with a variable share capital of €50 million...

New general counsel takes reins at DTCC
02 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed Ann Shuman as general counsel, as her predecessor Larry Thompson steps down to focus full-time on his vice chair position...

Leadership shake-up at KNEIP
01 February 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Bob Kneip, founder and CEO of KNEIP, is moving the position of chair as part of a re-shuffle of the firm’s senior leadership team...

Torstone and UnaVista team up for MiFIR
01 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Torstone Technology has partnered up with the London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista Approved Reporting Mechanism to help clients comply with reporting obligations under MiFIR...

Standard Chartered bolsters securities services team
31 January 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Standard Chartered has appointed Colin Brooks as vice chairman for its securities services and transaction banking business...

UK and US regulators round on Deutsche Bank
31 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Bank is set to pay a total of around $628.1 million to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and the New York State Department of Financial Services to settle charges around failings in its AML framework...

PayCommerce hails successful instant payments test
31 January 2017 Edison, New Jersey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Cross-border payments network PayCommerce has completed the first payment, clearing and settlement using its Federated Ledger blockchain technology...

First Irish UCITS funds win stock connect approval
30 January 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Value Partners Ireland, an Irish UCITS funds umbrella, has become the first to be approved by the Central Bank of Ireland to start investing in China A-shares through the new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect...

BNP Paribas partners with AI start-up
30 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas Securities Services has invested in Fortia, a financial technology start-up focused on artificial intelligence, acquiring a minority stake in the business...