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SwapClear reveals record-breaking 2016
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH’s SwapClear service saw a record high in interest rate derivatives cleared in 2016, processing a total of over $665 trillion in 3.8 million trades...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for EMEA...

Tim Wood to depart RBC I&TS
06 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Tim Wood is to leave RBC Investor and Treasury Services, the bank has confirmed...

BNY Mellon chosen for Brazilian ADR
06 January 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Braskem SA, a Brazilian petro-chemical firm, has appointed BNY Mellon as depository bank for its American depository receipt programme...

NA asset managers will unbundle ahead of MiFID II
06 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A staggering 82 percent of North American asset managers plan to fully unbundle all of their brokers globally, despite many not expecting the EU’s MiFID II to directly affect them...

Ireland prepared for post-Brexit influx
05 January 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Central Bank of Ireland is preparing for the possibility of financial services firms relocating from the UK to Ireland when the UK leaves the EU...

Confluence called upon for AIFMD reporting
05 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Royal London Asset Management has appointed Confluence’s Unity NXT solution to help meet reporting requirements under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...

State Street Global Exchange names new global head
04 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

John Plansky has been named as global head of the State Street Global Exchange, responsible for global strategy and new business development...

2017 investor services survey goes live
04 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The R&M Consultants 25th Investor Services Survey is now open for responses...

Industry veteran joins Apex
04 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Apex Fund Services has appointed Wall Street stalwart Daniel Strachman as head of US business development...

Chinese fintech fund of funds launches
04 January 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A consortium of Chinese companies have joined forces to establish a 10 billion-renminbi Asia FinTech Merger and Acquisition Fund of Funds, focused on supporting and developing fintech enterprises...

Lutz Diederichs joins BNP Paribas in Germany
03 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has appointed Lutz Diederichs to take over the role of group head of Germany and chairman of the group management board in the country...