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Chinese fintech fund of funds launches
04 January 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A consortium of Chinese companies have joined forces to establish a 10 billion-renminbi Asia FinTech Merger and Acquisition Fund of Funds, focused on supporting and developing fintech enterprises...

Lutz Diederichs joins BNP Paribas in Germany
03 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has appointed Lutz Diederichs to take over the role of group head of Germany and chairman of the group management board in the country...

Euronext offer €510m for LSEG’s LCH.Clearnet SA
03 January 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euronext has placed an irrevocable all-cash offer for the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) majority stake in LCH.Clearnet SA, the French arm of LCH.Clearnet Group...

SEB selects new back-office platform
23 December 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SEB has selected SimCorp Dimension as its new back-office platform for transaction processing, reconciliations, settlement, accounting and derivatives processing...

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse pay for RMBS
23 December 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US Department of Justice has agreed settlements with Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse over the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities worth more than $10 billion, and brought civil charges against Barclays...

Deutsche Börse builds stake in Tradegate
22 December 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse is increasing its stake in Tradegate, a securities trading bank, to almost 20 percent...

Credit rating agencies get SEC seal of approval
22 December 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

US credit rating agencies are improving their systems for regulatory compliance and increasing competition, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission...

RBC’s Emma Crabtree moves to BNP Paribas
21 December 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Emma Crabtree has joined BNP Paribas Securities Services as head of sales for continental Europe...

Ireland secures RMB 50 billion RQFII quota
21 December 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Ireland has been granted a quota of RMB 50 billion renminbi to invest directly in Chinese securities through the renminbi qualified foreign institutional investors scheme...

Aztec recruits Metesh Vara for real assets
21 December 2016 Jersey
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Aztec Group has strengthened its real assets team in Jersey with the appointment of Metesh Vara as associate director...

New chief product officer at AxiomSL
21 December 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Axiom SL’s Olivier Kamoun is to take up the role of global chief product officer...

Allfunds reveals Asia ambitions
21 December 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Allfunds Bank is opening a new branch in Singapore, to roll out its services across Asia...