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Hague: Financial services will thrive after Brexit
25 April 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Lord William Hague sees a positive future for the UK’s financial services industry post-Brexit, but attendees at SWIFT Business Forum London were not so easily convinced

Geopolitics causing confusion in financial crime compliance
25 April 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Trump administration’s approach to regulation is a concern when it comes to financial crime compliance, but experts speaking at the SWIFT Business Forum suggested that attendees may have bigger fish to fry

BNP Paribas aims for €2 billion+ revenue
25 April 2017 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The French custody bank revealed the aim as part of its recent investor day, with a list of expanded service offerings proposed

Sharing is caring is cyber crime combat
25 April 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A more holistic and communicative approach is required to tackle cyber crime in financial services, heard attendees of the SWIFT Business Forum

SWIFT tests distributed ledger technology for reconciliations
25 April 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The results of the proof of concept will be presented at Sibos in Toronto in October

ENSO and RSRCHX pair up for MiFID II solution
25 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The NEX Group's ENSO, a centralised treasury management solution for the buy side, is set to expand its broker vote tool to include research consumption for the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

New faces on DTCC board of directors
24 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed four new members to its board of directors

Saudi stock exchange makes move to T+2
24 April 2017 Riyadh
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Tadawul, the Saudi Arabian stock exchange, has officially moved to a T+2 settlement cycle for listed securities, from its previous T+0 system

AxiomSL wins commodity transaction and trading reporting mandate
24 April 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Commodity trading firm Trafigura PTE has selected the AxiomSL platform for its global trade and transaction reporting

DTCC pushes ahead with best-interest standards despite regulatory delay
21 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC's WMS business will go ahead with new capabilities to meet the US DOL's mandatory best-interest standards for retirement savings, despite the department delaying implementation of the standards

Record-breaking Q1 for BNY Mellon
21 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon saw record breaking levels of assets under custody and/or administration in Q1 2017, reaching a total of $30.6 trillion

BlackRock sees uptick in AUM
20 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock’s total assets under management (AUM) have seen a 14 percent increase to reach $5.2 trillion, its Q1 2017 results have revealed