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MiFID II research rules could hurt investment banks
12 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

New research payment unbundling rules under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive could mean large investment banks will miss out on research budgets, according to a survey from RSRCHXchange...

MainstreamBPO opens in Cayman
12 January 2017 Grand Cayman
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Fund administrator MainstreamBPO has opened an office in the Cayman Islands...

Finextra encourages fintech for KYC
11 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Embracing new technology developments to know-your-client processes can help the financial services industry to tackle financial crime and terrorist financing without interrupting user experience...

Raiffeisen Bank Hungary appoints new CEO
11 January 2017 Budapest
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

George Zolnai has been appointed as the new CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Hungary, subject to approval from the supervisory board and regulatory authorities...

KDPW gains LEI issuer accreditation
10 January 2017 Warsaw
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

KDPW, the Polish central securities depository, has been granted accreditation to issue legal entity identifier codes by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation...

DTCC advances DLT post-trade platform with IBM
10 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has partnered with IBM to develop a “watershed moment” in the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for derivatives post-trade processing...

SIX finds new chair in Lacher
10 January 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX has given its interim board chair, Romeo Lacher, the position full-time with immediate effect...

AIC recommends abolishing AIFMD post-Brexit
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has recommended that the UK government scraps the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive following its exit from the EU...

SwapClear reveals record-breaking 2016
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH’s SwapClear service saw a record high in interest rate derivatives cleared in 2016, processing a total of over $665 trillion in 3.8 million trades...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for EMEA...

Tim Wood to depart RBC I&TS
06 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Tim Wood is to leave RBC Investor and Treasury Services, the bank has confirmed...

BNY Mellon chosen for Brazilian ADR
06 January 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Braskem SA, a Brazilian petro-chemical firm, has appointed BNY Mellon as depository bank for its American depository receipt programme...