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UK and US regulators round on Deutsche Bank
31 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Bank is set to pay a total of around $628.1 million to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and the New York State Department of Financial Services to settle charges around failings in its AML framework...

PayCommerce hails successful instant payments test
31 January 2017 Edison, New Jersey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Cross-border payments network PayCommerce has completed the first payment, clearing and settlement using its Federated Ledger blockchain technology...

First Irish UCITS funds win stock connect approval
30 January 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Value Partners Ireland, an Irish UCITS funds umbrella, has become the first to be approved by the Central Bank of Ireland to start investing in China A-shares through the new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect...

BNP Paribas partners with AI start-up
30 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas Securities Services has invested in Fortia, a financial technology start-up focused on artificial intelligence, acquiring a minority stake in the business...

FundRock expands to Ireland
30 January 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alternative investment fund manager FundRock is opening a new office in Dublin, to support its growing Irish funds base...

Spate of resignations continues at the SEC
30 January 2017 Washington, DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Jeffery Heslop, COO of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to leave the agency in February...

Equity Trustees get content management upgrade
27 January 2017 Melbourne
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Donnelley Financial Solutions is partnering with Equity Trustees to implement its new document and content management system and workflow tool, FundSuiteArc...

Linedata acquires outsourcing specialist
27 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

Linedata, a technology solutions provider, has acquired Gravitas Technology Services, a middle-office and technology services provider to the asset management industry...

State Street secures investment services mandate
26 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Allianz Global Investors has appointed State Street to provide a range of investment services for its more than €450 billion in assets under management...

Eurex Exchange council picks new chair
26 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eurex Exchange’s council has elected Carola Gräfin von Schmettow as chair...

Chilean markets open up to international investors
26 January 2017 Santiago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear is cooperating with the Chilean Ministry of finance to facilitate access to the Chilean capital markets for international investors...

J.P. Morgan wins State Street’s $1 trillion custody gig
26 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock has switched custodian for $1 trillion in client assets from State Street Bank and Trust Company to J.P. Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank...