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Standard Chartered builds on securities services team
25 July 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered has appointed Ryan Cuthbertson as head of product management, custody and clearing, securities services and transaction banking

UniCredit embarks on test phase for European instant payments
25 July 2017 Milan
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UniCredit has started testing EBA Clearing’s instant payment solution RT1, in preparation to roll out instant payments multinationally

Eagle Fund Accounting Solution to be used by Desjardins
24 July 2017
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Desjardins Asset Management, part of Desjardins Group, previously signed with Eagle Accounting for its asset management in 2011

Clearstream gains Edmond de Rothschild as Vestima client
24 July 2017 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Vestima, Clearstream’s fund process programme, will assist Rothschild by processing its assets in its mutual funds and hedge funds on a single platform

Northern Trust to offer fund services to GuideStone Funds
24 July 2017 Dallas
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

GuideStone Funds is a subsidiary of GuideStone Financial Resources, a financial service providing retirement, investment and life and health plans to evangelical Christian churches, educational institutions and ministry organisations

BNY Mellon recruits for alternative investment team
21 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has made two senior appointments to its alternative investment services team

Euroclear sees strong H1 asset growth
21 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Post-trade service provider Euroclear saw its asset under safekeeping increase by 5 percent to €28.4 trillion in the first half of 2017

Record AuC figures for BNY Mellon
21 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon recorded high levels of assets under custody and administration in Q2 2017, reaching $31.1 trillion

LSEG and IBM partner for SME blockchain
20 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The framework will be built on Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0 and hosted by The Linux Foundation

Northern Trust commits to EU hub
19 July 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust is set to establish a banking presence in Luxembourg, and has appointed a new head of continental Europe, in a move that it says is “further establishing its commitment to the region”

New OMS launches to support firms in MiFID II
19 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

London-based financial technology start-up Hedgd has launched its cloud-based order management system, to support firms in compliance with the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

SIX launches new regulatory data and document exchange platform
18 July 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Barney Dixon

SIX Financial Information has launched a new platform allowing for more efficient electronic exchange of regulatory data between wealth managers, asset managers and banks