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Deutsche Börse in blockchain settlement collaboration
28 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have collaborated to launch a functioning blockchain prototype for settlement of securities...

NeMa: Custodians driving change in capital markets
28 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Custodians will be at the centre of driving change in the capital markets in Africa, according to the keynote speaker at NeMa Africa in London...

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect to go live
28 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will go live on 5 December...

Louvre fund chooses CACEIS for custody
25 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CACEIS has been appointed to provide custody and a range of other services to the Louvre Endowment Fund...

SFC proposes new rules for asset managers
25 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has issued a consultation paper proposing changes to extend regulation of the asset management industry...

DekaBank goes to Clearstream for cross-border aid
24 November 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

DekaBank has picked Clearstream to support domestic settlement of its cleared trading activity on Euronext, tpREPO and BrokerTec across Belgium, France and the Netherlands...

SIX Securities Services to tackle tax reclaim
24 November 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX Securities Services has partnered with tax consultancy and software developer Confinale to create a new Tax Reclaim Service, and secured Raiffeisen Switzerland as its pilot client...

Deutsche Börse invests seven figures in start-up
23 November 2016 Hamburg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DB1 Ventures, the corporate venture capital business of the Deutsche Börse group, has acquired a stake in German fintech start-up figo...

Fintech funding feels the pinch
23 November 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Venture capital-backed financial technology funding fell almost a fifth in Q3 2016, a new report has found...

BNY Mellon acts as trustee on Aberdeen bond
23 November 2016 Aberdeen
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon has been appointed as trustee and paying agent on Aberdeen City Council's £370 million bond for infrastructure projects...

Calypso in tune with Canada's AIMCo
22 November 2016 Edmonton, Canada
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alberta Investment Management Corporation, a Canadian institutional investment manager, has gone live with Calypso Technology’s collateral management system...

SGSS wins European custody mandate
22 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale Securities Services has been selected by publicly-owned French bank SFIL, and its financing institution CAFFIL, to provide global custody for assets in Europe...