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ITAS: More fintech required for KYC
02 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial services providers should make better use of financial technology to help manage their KYC and AML requirements, heard attendees of ITAS Luxembourg

ITAS: UCITS V not smooth sailing yet
02 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Although UCITS V has already been implemented, there are still issues that local regulators need to iron out, according to a speaker at ITAS Luxembourg

Northern Trust expands office in South Korea
02 March 2017 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has enhanced its presence in Asia with the opening of an expanded office in Seoul, South Korea

Arlington Advisors and Pensions Infrastructure Platform join forces
2 March 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform and Arlington Advisors have formed a partnership targeting on-campus student accommodation

Societe Generale doubles down on Lombard Risk’s collateral services
02 March 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk has extended its relationship with Societe Generale as a user of its flagship collateral management solution—Colline

KYC data causing chaos at ITAS
02 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Know-your-client requirements pose a major challenge for clients opening accounts with transfer agents, and the only way to manage this challenge is through a common solution on which the industry cannot seem to agree

ITAS: TAs given stark warning on data security
01 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Transfer agents must be aware of, and reactive to, the increasing importance of cyber security, according to William Long, partner at law firm Sidley Austin

Volante releases patch for Designer system
01 March 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial messaging provider Volante Technologies has launched Designer 5.2 to bring greater interoperability with other messaging systems across financial markets

ITAS: Regulatory burden reaches transfer agency
01 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Transfer agents need to start paying more attention to the regulatory challenges affecting their customers, according to panellists at ITAS in Luxembourg

UCITS and AIF sales fell in 2016
01 March 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Net sales of UCITS and alternative investment funds fell to €455 billion last year as Europe was beset by plunging stock markets and Brexit, but AUM reached an all-time high

Regtech expert Farhadi joins Hitachi Data Systems
28 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Hitachi Data Systems has appointed Nirvana Farhadi as global head of financial services, regulatory technology, risk and regulatory compliance affairs

Proof-of-concept complete for US repo netting DLT
28 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

DTCC, in partnership with distributed ledger technology (DLT) developer Digital Asset, is preparing to embark on the second phase of constructing its repo netting blockchain solution