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Gallagher adds new string to BNP Paribas bow
15 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has promoted Claudine Gallagher to head up its new Americas business...

FCA seeks feedback on UK capital markets
14 February 2017
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a discussion paper seeking feedback on how the UK capital markets can most effectively meet the needs of issuers and investors

Confluence wins another AIFMD mandate
14 February 2017 Pittsburgh
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Arendt Regulatory & Consulting has selected Confluence’s Unity NXT regulatory reporting solution to support clients’ transparency reporting under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

War for Wall Street heats up with Tarullo resignation
13 February 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Federal Reserve governor and key architect of post-crisis US banking regulation Daniel Tarullo has tendered his resignation, effective 5 April

Industry reluctance holding blockchain back
13 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Blockchain is high on the agenda in the post-trade sector, but the lack of industry adoption could prove an obstacle to the technology, according to a survey by the Post Trade Distributed Ledger Group

Hedge fund chooses Northern Trust for fund admin
13 February 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has been appointed by the Alpine Global Master Fund, a long/short market-neutral hedge fund, to provide fund administration and middle-office outsourcing services

Deutsche Bank names Kini transaction head in China
13 February 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Bank has appointed Mahesh Kini as head of global transaction banking for China

Blockchain capital markets prototype launched
13 February 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

EquiChain has released a working prototype of its blockchain solution for global capital markets, with plans to implement a full end-to-end custody pilot this year

ISITC creates working group for collateral
10 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The ISITC has formed a new industry trade group focused on developing best practices in the collateral management lifecycle

UK grants CACEIS UCITS approval
09 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CACEIS’s UK branch has received regulatory approval to provide depository services to UCITS funds

Wolters Kluwer wins CIBC reporting mandate
09 February 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CIBC has extended its mandate of the Wolters Kluwer OneSumX regulatory reporting solution to the Asia Pacific region

DTCC’s STP suite sees record-breaking 2016
08 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation suite of institutional straight-through processing products processed a record number of almost 1 billion trades in 2016