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Increases across the board for Clearstream
16 December 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream was an 8 percent increase in its assets under custody in November, compared to 2014, registering an increase from €12.4 trillion to €13.4 trillion...

Senior management shake-up at IFDS
16 December 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

International Financial Data Services has hired Chris Spencer and Richard Barrett to its UK senior management team...

Paul Harrington joins GFT compliance team
15 December 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

GFT has hired Paul Harrington to its legal, regulatory and compliance team as principle consultant...

2016 the year of data management, says Confluence
15 December 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Data management will top the agenda in 2016, while regulatory fatigue will continue, and back-office outsourcing will increase...

IOSCO: hedge fund assets up a third
15 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge fund assets under management have increased by 34 percent in three years, according to an International Organization of Securities Commissions survey...

New senior director for SS&C relationships team
15 December 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C has hired Chris Whiting as senior director and leader of its new advisory relationship management team...

Omgeo and SimCorp pair up for repo
15 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC subsidiary Omgeo has partnered with investment management solutions provider SimCorp to deliver central matching and processing for repo trades, through its Central Trade Manager...

MUFJ completes acquisition of UBS alternatives service
14 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

MUFG Investor Services has completed its acquisition of UBS Asset Management’s alternative fund services business after gaining all the relevant regulatory approvals...

New Amsterdam office for SGSS
14 December 2015 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SGSS has set up a new Amsterdam-based team for developing business in the Netherlands and the Nordics, and has hired two ex-State Street employees to run it...

Nigerian and Kenyan CSDs in post-trade agreement
14 December 2015 Nairobi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Africlear Global has signed a memorandum of understanding with CSCS Nigeria and CDSC Kenya to establish a post-trade services platform including clearing and settlement for capital market transactions...

SWIFT launches payments innovation initiative
11 December 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT has launched a global payments innovation initiative to improve customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments...

SEC approves SS&C cloud-based trade network
11 December 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SS&C Technologies Holdings has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to bring a post-trade matching service to the US market...