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Asset managers prepared for industry challenges
15 November 2016 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulation, client demands and cost pressures are posing a challenge for asset managers, but they’re confident in their ability to manage it, according to a survey...

T2S user trio launch network platform
15 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Target2-Securities participants will soon be able to utilise a ‘single point of access model’ with enhanced collateral pooling and post-trade services, through a new collaborative network model set to launch in 2017...

Deutsche Bank launches asset servicing solution
15 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Bank has added its new Asset Servicing Only solution to its global securities services business...

Bax joins Euroclear board for ESES
14 November 2016 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear has appointed Marieke Bax to the board of its Euronext-Zone Securities (ESES) central securities depositories (CSDs), as a non-executive director...

OTC derivative reform opens the door for SWFs
14 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sovereign wealth funds are in a unique position to plug gaps in the securities lending and repo markets left by regulatory reform in the over-the-counter derivatives space, according to BNY Mellon...

Blockchain consortium turns attention to KYC
11 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

R3 and ten of its consortium banks have developed proof-of-concept for a shared know-your-customer (KYC) service using distributed ledger technology to help manage identity controls...

Another win for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX
11 November 2016 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Netherlands subsidiary of Mizuho Bank has selected the Wolters Kluwer OneSumX risk and regulatory reporting solution for its risk calculations and multi-country reporting...

Regulations, technology and emerging markets, oh my
10 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory change, technological development and emerging markets are affecting strategic thinking regarding global capital, according to a Deutsche Bank and FT Remark survey of 200 financial market participants...

Harrold to represent HornbyChapman in Asia
10 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

AlfaSec Advisors co-founder Roger Harrold will become HornbyChapman's chief representative for Asia, the firms have announced...

Asia gains DLT research centre
09 November 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial innovation firm R3 is launching its first dedicated distributed ledger technology centre of excellence for Asia...

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...

Trump stumps markets, world
09 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Property magnate and reality TV star Donald Trump has defied all expectations to become the 45th US president, immediately throwing global markets into turmoil...