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New hire in HSBC’s client management team
06 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has appointed Terry Alleyne to its securities services client management team, as a client executive

Fend off reform fatigue, urges FSB
06 July 2017 Hamburg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board has called on the leaders of G20 nations to fend off reform fatigue and continue to work together

BNP Paribas and SmartAngels launch DLT share management tool
05 July 2017 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas Securities Services and equity crowdfunding fintech SmartAngels have finalised the first phase of their blockchain partnership

ESAs set the KID straight
05 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Supervisory Authorities have clarified some of the finer points around the Key Information Document required under the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation

Deutsche Börse engages T7 for cash
04 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse shifts cash trading onto T7 and Eurex introduces new derivative hedging tools for the buy side

FCA reveals final MiFID II rules
04 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The authority has set out the ways in which the UK's policy will go beyond the requirements of the directive, but noted that it has an obligation to consider the government’s economic policies

New settlement netting service launches for OTC FX
03 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

NEX Optimisation has launched its automated settlement netting service, which it calls the first of its kind in the industry

BNP Paribas welcomes four new users for US custody platform
03 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas Securities Services has secured four new European online banks as clients for its US broker-to-custody platform

Fintech association launches in Hong Kong
03 July 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The new FinTech Association of Hong Kong has officially launched, striving to encourage further development of financial technology in the country

SimCorp makes €35 million software acquisition
30 June 2017 Milan
Reporter: Katherine Brown

The purchase price will be adjusted upwards by an expected €3 million by closing of the agreement

Citi launches big data platform for custody and fund services
30 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

The platform concentrates on data analyses across Citi custody and fund services products and will be broadened to include investor services

MiFID II a threat to market liquidity
29 June 2017 Warsaw
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

New rules under MiFID II could restrict liquidity in the market and have a negative effect on securities lending and repo industry, according to Anna Biala, a partner at Clifford Chance