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Automated derivatives processing platform gets Citi and J.P. Morgan on board
14 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

truePTS is intended to automate derivatives processing, removing the operational risks of manual processes and addressing regulatory and cost pressures in the space

Murex to run MX.3 platform on AWS cloud
13 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Murex has collaborated with Amazon Web Services to allow its clients to deploy, test and optimise its MX.3 platform on the cloud

Northern Trust appoints Edwin Chan
13 December 2017 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Edwin Chan has joined Northern Trust to head up sales across the alternatives fund sector in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Firms remain open to exposures from manual processes
13 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Only 2 percent of capital markets companies have a fully automated compliance support programme, leaving firms open to risk from manual processes, according to a survey by Aite Group and Cordium

Oslo Connect receives regulatory upgrade
12 December 2017 Stockholm
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Baymarkets Technology is to upgrade Oslo Børs’s OTC system, Oslo Connect, to support regulatory demands such as those under the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)

Italian custody win for BNP Paribas
12 December 2017 Milan
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNP Paribas will provide Sara Assicurazioni with global custody services for €1.3 billion in Italian and foreign assets

Fundsquare and i-Hub bring KYC service to funds
12 December 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Fundsquare and i-Hub have signed a commercial partnership for the introduction of i-Hub’s know-your-customer (KYC) platform to the funds industry

Zedra hires Lisa Tan
12 December 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Zedra has appointed Lisa Tan as head of corporate services, based in the firm’s Singapore office

Synechron names Chris Ekonomidis as director
12 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Ekonomidis has moved to Synechron from Sapient Global Markets

Cyber attacks and Brexit among concerns for 2018, according to DTCC survey
12 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cyber risk remains the number one threat to financial stability in 2018, according to a new survey published by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Intertrust hires new CEO and launches Luxembourg AIFMD offering
12 December 2017 Amsterdam
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Miller, who was previously J.P. Morgan’s head of fund services, will replace current CEO David de Buck

ICE expands clearing risk management senior team
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has appointed Boudewijn Duinstra to the newly created role of head of first line clearing risk for ICE Clear Europe