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MRF scheme funds choose HSBC
18 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has become the trustee to four of the six Hong Kong-domiciled fund approved for distribution in mainland China under the Mutual Recognition of Fund scheme...

Northern Trust teams up with SCORPEO
17 August 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Northern Trust has entered into an agreement with SCORPEO to use its historical corporate actions reporting service, designed to help investors realise the full value in corporate actions...

Clearstream's AuC hits €13.03 trillion
17 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The value of assets under custody at Clearstream remains healthy, with €13.03 trillion registered in July, only slightly lower than the same month in 2015...

China approves new Stock Connect
16 August 2016 Beijing
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

China has approved the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme, paving the way for a better-regulated stock market...

Lombard Risk names new APAC product head
16 August 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Lombard Risk Management has appointed Tracey Adams as regional head of Colline in the Asia Pacific...

Wave-three CSDs all set for T2S
16 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clients of wave-three CSDs are ready for the migration to T2S, according to VP, whose Danish and Luxembourgish CSDs will join the platform on 12 September...

OCC reaffirms leverage ratio objections
15 August 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The leverage ratio’s current exposure method could move liquidity away from the listed and centrally cleared markets back to the opaque bilateral over-the-counter markets, according to OCC's financial risk management chief...

Global equities boosting Canadian pensions
12 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Recoveries in global equities in Q2 of 2016 have brought Canadian pension plans into positive territory, according to $650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe...

Percentile grows with three new hires
12 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory and risk management provider Percentile has appointed John Barker as a non-executive director and advisor to the board...

ISDA and IHS Markit release ISDA Amend 2.0
11 August 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and IHS Markit have launched a new version of ISDA Amend to deal with new margining requirements and stay resolutions...

R3: Blockchain could boost trade finance
11 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Using blockchain technology for trade financing could help grow revenue by 15 percent, according to tests by financial innovator R3 and a handful of its consortium banks...

CIBC Mellon’s David Linds joins RBC I&TS
10 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

David Linds has joined RBC Investor & Treasury Services as the new managing director and head of asset servicing for Canada...