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FundRock expands to Ireland
30 January 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alternative investment fund manager FundRock is opening a new office in Dublin, to support its growing Irish funds base...

Spate of resignations continues at the SEC
30 January 2017 Washington, DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Jeffery Heslop, COO of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to leave the agency in February...

Equity Trustees get content management upgrade
27 January 2017 Melbourne
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Donnelley Financial Solutions is partnering with Equity Trustees to implement its new document and content management system and workflow tool, FundSuiteArc...

Linedata acquires outsourcing specialist
27 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

Linedata, a technology solutions provider, has acquired Gravitas Technology Services, a middle-office and technology services provider to the asset management industry...

State Street secures investment services mandate
26 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Allianz Global Investors has appointed State Street to provide a range of investment services for its more than €450 billion in assets under management...

Eurex Exchange council picks new chair
26 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eurex Exchange’s council has elected Carola Gräfin von Schmettow as chair...

Chilean markets open up to international investors
26 January 2017 Santiago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear is cooperating with the Chilean Ministry of finance to facilitate access to the Chilean capital markets for international investors...

J.P. Morgan wins State Street’s $1 trillion custody gig
26 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock has switched custodian for $1 trillion in client assets from State Street Bank and Trust Company to J.P. Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank...

Blockchain regulations top the list
25 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulation should be top of the agenda for blockchain start-ups in the financial services sector, attendees of Blockchain Week heard...

Dutch fintech descends on London
25 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Dutch financial technology company Ohpen has been granted authorisation to carry out regulated activities in the UK...

Not the blockchain it wants, the blockchain it needs
24 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial services require their own blockchains to suit their specific needs, according to speakers at Blockchain Week...

NSD to launch OTC repo collateral service
24 January 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russia’s National Settlement Depository, in partnership with Bloomberg, is preparing to launch a new collateral management service for over-the-counter repo transactions in March...