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State Street joins margin settlement pilot programme
12 July 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear and DTCC have secured State Street as a participant in a pilot programme to test their joint venture’s margin settlement messaging service...

Clearing industry criticises leverage ratio
12 July 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Basel leverage ratio fundamentally threatens the business model of clearing members and will endanger the stability of the global financial markets, according to an industry letter...

Research firms partner up for easier purchase
12 June 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

RSRCHXchange has partnered up with Substantive Research to make it easier for asset managers to access and purchase macro investment research...

Nxt Core templates smart contracts
12 July 2016 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Blockchain specialist the NXT Core Development Team has launched a suite of smart contract templates, designed to improve security and cut costs of coding for distributed ledger transactions...

PwC: global growth on the cards for ETFs
11 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The global exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is gearing up for a growth spurt, according to a survey by PwC...

University fund mandate for Northern Trust
11 July 2016 Richmond, Virginia
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has been selected to provide global custody services for the investment funds of the Virginia Commonwealth University Investment Management Company...

Leverage ratio needs omissions, say associations
08 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Five financial industry associations have joined forces to express concern about the implications of including central bank cash balances within Basel III’s leverage ratio framework...

Clearstream: banks on track for T2S
08 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The vast majority of banks are confident that they’re prepared for implementation of TARGET2-Securities, according to a survey by Clearstream and Accenture...

SEDCO and Milltrust launch Saudi UCITS fund
08 July 2016 Riyadh
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Milltrust International, an asset manager focused on emerging markets, has appointed SEDCO Capital to manage a new UCITS Middle East and North Africa fund...

Heffernan joins HSBC securities team
08 July 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC Securities Services has appointed Paul Heffernan as head of cross-border sales for securities services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

Microsoft’s Turner takes the helm at Citadel Securities
07 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citadel Securities has tapped Microsoft for COO Kevin Turner to fill its vacant CEO position...

Yet another new hire for MUFG Investor Services
07 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street’s Marc Russell-Jones has become the latest recruit to MUFG Investor Services, joining as head of business development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...