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PRIIPs granted 12-month hiatus
09 November 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has bowed to pressure from the Parliament and Council and agreed to delay the regulation on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products by 12 months...

Hazeltree hires client management ace Ventura
02 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Treasury management solution provider Hazeltree has hired J.P. Morgan’s Sal Ventura to its management team as head of client relationship management...

Euroclear secures new CEO
01 November 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear Group's board of directors has settled on Lieve Mostrey to become the post-trade provider’s new CEO, effective 1 January 2017, following the departure of Tim Howell...

Wenzel moves up the ranks at AXA IM
25 October 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

AXA Investment Managers has promoted Franz Wenzel to the position of institutional solutions strategist within its multi-asset client solutions investment platform...

EACH: CCPs have ‘extreme’ scenarios covered
18 October 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CCPs are already strong enough to withstand the ‘extreme but plausible’ scenario that would trigger a resolution strategy, as outlined by regulatory authorities...

Economic growth a concern for treasurers
13 October 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Uncertainty around economic growth is the number one concern for corporate treasurers, particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to a new report...

MUFG adds to EMEA team
13 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Damian McAree has joined MUFG Investor Services as executive director for business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

Currencycloud covering APAC
11 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

International payments innovator Currencycloud is extending the reach of its system to six new countries in the Asia Pacific region...

Governance expert on board at Maitland
04 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Maitland has appointed Martina Swart to the newly created position of group head of governance services...

Sibos: Easier standardised than done
29 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Standards mean different things to banks and corporate treasurers, but they should collaborate to make them work, according to speakers in a debate session at Sibos...

Sibos: Financial services should lead ‘new era’ of tech, says IBM head
28 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Cognitive technology will give financial services firms a competitive advantage, as long as they seize the opportunity, keynote speaker Ginni Rometty told Sibos attendees...

Sibos: Not innovating would be criminal
26 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Banks should not see the threat of cybercrime as a reason to shy away from innovation, but rather as an incentive to develop financial technology further, Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO of SWIFT, told attendees at Sibos 2016 in Geneva...