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Global equities boosting Canadian pensions
12 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Recoveries in global equities in Q2 of 2016 have brought Canadian pension plans into positive territory, according to $650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe...

Percentile grows with three new hires
12 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory and risk management provider Percentile has appointed John Barker as a non-executive director and advisor to the board...

ISDA and IHS Markit release ISDA Amend 2.0
11 August 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and IHS Markit have launched a new version of ISDA Amend to deal with new margining requirements and stay resolutions...

R3: Blockchain could boost trade finance
11 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Using blockchain technology for trade financing could help grow revenue by 15 percent, according to tests by financial innovator R3 and a handful of its consortium banks...

CIBC Mellon’s David Linds joins RBC I&TS
10 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

David Linds has joined RBC Investor & Treasury Services as the new managing director and head of asset servicing for Canada...

Allianz GI boosts institutional team
10 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Allianz Global Investors has appointed Margaret Frost to head up its institutional business in the UK, effective 1 October...

NSD sees corporate actions success under new rules
09 August 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Russian issuers have successfully held their first shareholder meetings since its new processing technology, mandated by law, came into effect on 1 July...

Portney tapped for Barclays CFO role
09 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Emily Portney has been appointed as CFO of the Barclays corporate and international business, the bank has confirmed...

FundRock nabs new business director
08 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Investment fund manager FundRock has appointed Hakim Bendriss as director for business development...

LSEG launches MiFIR reporting tests
08 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UnaVista, LSEG's approved reporting mechanism for the MiFID regime, has launched its testing environment for transaction reporting under the corresponding regulation...

BNY Mellon analyses new collateral management tools
05 August 2016 New york
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Market participants need to become more efficient when financing their transactions, according to BNY Mellon, whose report outlines the strategies to adopt in collateral management...

SocGen expands prime services in Japan
05 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale has named Ramir Cimafranca as head of prime services for Japan, effective immediately...