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HSBC selected to service SICAV
05 October 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Rathbone Unit Trust Management has selected HSBC Securities Services to provide custody and fund administration services for its new Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV fund...

Rydex brings 1940-Act expertise to MUFG
05 October 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

MUFG Investor Services has completed its acquisition of Rydex Fund Services, a fund administration focused on 1940 act mutual funds...

Regional shake-up at SGSS
04 October 2016 Mumbai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has promoted David Jaegly to the position of deputy managing director of SBI-SG Global Securities Services...

Flexibility and leadership key to data strategies
04 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers require governance and flexibility in their data strategies, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Northern Trust...

Governance expert on board at Maitland
04 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Maitland has appointed Martina Swart to the newly created position of group head of governance services...

ESMA bows to market pressure on SFTR
03 October 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has avoided creating a “major liquidity issue” by revising the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation’s collateral reporting rules...

Banks on board with blockchain, in theory
03 October 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

More than three quarters of banks are experimenting with blockchain, but adoption is far from imminent, according to a survey from SIX Securities Services...

Euroclear embraces Taskize utility
03 October 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear is set to go live with financial operations task management utility Taskize, effectively making the Taskize platform available to over 1,500 banks...

FINCAD: Derivatives boom leading to tech investment
03 October 2016 Vancouver
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial institutions are increasing use of derivatives as an investment strategy and investing in technology in order to manage this change, according to a survey by FINCAD...

GFT adds to pan-Atlantic team
03 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial services technology consultant GFT has appointed David Collins as head of financial services for the pan-Atlantic region...

Sibos: Cultural change is imminent
30 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The biggest changes to the financial services industry between now and 2020 will be cultural, according to panellists speaking at Sibos 2016...

LCH signs up first Australian PPS
30 September 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has become LCH’s first Australian Protected Payments System bank...