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Trump presidency a positive for asset managers
18 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alternative asset managers are generally optimistic about the performance of their portfolios under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to a Preqin survey...

SEC’s Fleming defends Dodd-Frank Act
17 November 2016 Maryland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rick Fleming has come out in defence of the embattled Dodd-Frank Act following President-Elect Donald Trump’s repeated threats to repeal and replace it...

Calastone: Tech driving change in asset management
17 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers must make an effort to monitor and understand new technology developments, and to adopt them “sensibly” according to a report from Calastone...

RBC I&TS mandated for innovative biotech fund
17 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

iBionext has chosen RBC Investor & Treasury Services to provide custody services for its new innovation fund, the iBionext Growth Fund for institutional biotech investors...

DTCC: ‘speedbumps’ remain in road to China
17 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory differences and a complex local settlement cycle are among the challenges still facing international firms looking to invest in the Chinese markets, according to a paper from DTCC and Celent...

ESMA delays Category 3 EMIR phase in deadline
16 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has offered respite to ‘Category 3’ firms struggling to comply with European Market Infrastructure Regulation implementation burdens...

Wisconsin taps BNY Mellon for middle office services
16 November 2016 Milwaukee
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board has expanded BNY Mellon’s mandate to provide middle-office investment services for assets worth $105 billion...

Another new hire for Hazeltree
16 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Hazeltree has appointed Ayman Sakr to the position of head of worldwide client services...

Lombard Risk bolsters APAC team
16 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has reinforced its product and sales teams in the Asia Pacific with three new hires...

Source code proposal not up to scratch
16 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Barney Dixon

A regulatory proposal from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has drawn concerns from the Futures Industry Association (FIA) over the potential side effects for source code protection...

SEC chair White to step down with Obama
15 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White is stepping down at the end of the Obama administration...

SIX collaborating on cybercrime research
15 November 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX has established a 12-year research cooperation agreement with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center, to work on data security...