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FCA chair to step down
19 June 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

John Griffith-Jones, chairman of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is set to step down from the role as his five-year term of office ends on 31 March 2018

Asian investors looking to middle-office outsourcing solutions, says Northern Trust
19 June 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Middle-office outsourcing may be set to increase among institutional investors in Asia, according to a survey conducted by Northern Trust

SIX launches new SSI tool
19 June 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX Securities Services has launched an advanced settlement service to enable financial institutions to process their settlement instructions directly from the trading system

BNY Mellon names Salvage as global head of hedge fund services
16 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon has secured Peter Salvage for the newly created role of global head of hedge fund services

Rohan Singh joins BNY Mellon to lead Asia Pacific servicing
16 June 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon has appointed former Northern Trust executive Rohan Singh as its new Asia Pacific head of asset servicing

New liquidity management solutions set to manage cross-border payments
15 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

J.P. Morgan has launched two new liquidity management solutions for cross-border payments

Euroclear embarks on fintech partnership for automated asset allocation
15 June 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear has partnered up with UK-based financial technology company Quantessence, to provide an automated platform for running asset allocation algorithms

Fintech providers Misys and D+H to merge
15 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology providers Misys and D+H are joining forces to bring their combined fintech power to bear as a single global financial software provider

Chinese fintech breeding global opportunities
14 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Chinese innovation in financial service poses an opportunity for the wider fund management industry, according to Porter Erisman, former vice president at Chinese ecommerce platform giant Alibaba Group.

Robo revolution at risk
14 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Robo advisory services may boost efficiency in portfolio management, but they could be at risk of a crash if they don’t adhere more closely to regulation, according to speakers at Fund Forum International

European regulations still causing confusion
14 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The regulatory environment is breeding change, and complication, for both investors and fund managers, according to panellists at Fund Forum International in Berlin

EC proposes ‘two-tier’ approach to CCP regulation
13 June 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EU legislators have proposed a massive overhaul of central counterparty supervision