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Clearstream’s Vestima wins Belgian mandate
19 August 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Belgian Bank Degroof Petercam has selected Clearstream as its strategic partner for fund processing activities...

KNEIP: PRIIPs KIDs a cause for concern
19 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial services businesses are looking to technology and external consultants in order to cope with the tight turnaround on the regulation for PRIIPs, according to a KNEIP survey...

Blockchain companies hot for investment
18 August 2016 Hampshire, England
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Venture capital investors have pumped $290 million into blockchain technologies and bitcoin companies in the first six months of 2016, according to Juniper Research...

ICE gains approval for S&P Global acquisitions
18 August 2016 Atlanta
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Intercontinental Exchange has received approval from the US Department of Justice for its acquisition of two S&P Global Assets, and expects to close on the transaction in October...

Lombard Risk hires regulatory specialist
18 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

David Howard has joined Lombard Risk in the newly created role of senior regulatory consultant in the Americas...

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...