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Another new leadership appointment at KNEIP
06 February 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

KNEIP has appointed Gary Janaway as COO, amid a wider leadership shake-up at the firm

TriOptima co-founder to step down as CEO
06 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TriOptima co-founder Per Sjöberg is stepping down as CEO after 17 years at the helm of the post-trade services provider

Clearstream migrates to T2S
06 February 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Clearstream Banking Frankfurt has confirmed that it successfully migrated to the Target2-Securities platform over the weekend...

Trump puts Dodd-Frank on the firing line
06 February 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

President Trump has paved the way for sweeping a regulatory overhaul by signing an executive order giving the the Treasury broad powers to scrap rules that do not comply with the administration’s ‘core principles’...

WSBA launches Blockchain Assets Working Group
3 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, a non-profit trade association, has announced a new working group focused on ‘native assets’ that rely on public blockchains...

Deloitte and Irish Funds explore blockchain for regs
03 February 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Irish Funds is working with Deloitte and a handful of industry participants to develop a blockchain proof-of-concept for regulatory reporting...

Brexit whitepaper hints at ‘third-country’ status
02 February 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK could adopt ‘third-country’ status in financial services upon its exit from the EU, according to the long awaited Brexit whitepaper...

RBC I&TS to support new French fund vehicle
02 February 2017 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

AXIO Capital has selected RBC Investor & Treasury Services to provide custody services, holding liabilities and positions for a new fund with a variable share capital of €50 million...

New general counsel takes reins at DTCC
02 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed Ann Shuman as general counsel, as her predecessor Larry Thompson steps down to focus full-time on his vice chair position...

Leadership shake-up at KNEIP
01 February 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Bob Kneip, founder and CEO of KNEIP, is moving the position of chair as part of a re-shuffle of the firm’s senior leadership team...

Torstone and UnaVista team up for MiFIR
01 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Torstone Technology has partnered up with the London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista Approved Reporting Mechanism to help clients comply with reporting obligations under MiFIR...

Standard Chartered bolsters securities services team
31 January 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Standard Chartered has appointed Colin Brooks as vice chairman for its securities services and transaction banking business...