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ETFs’ AUM nipping at the heels of mutual funds
27 October 2015 Jersey City
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Domestic assets under management for US exchange-traded funds have grown by 6.1 percent from August 2014 to 2015, according to a new Pershing report...

Euronext launches AtomX for OTC derivatives
27 October 2015 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

European stock exchange Euronext has launched a new service allowing over-the-counter trades to be conducted in the same pools as other derivatives positions...

GSX to expand offering from December
26 October 2015 Gibraltar
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Gibraltar Stock Exchange will start to list exchange-traded instruments from December 2015, and is in the process of positioning itself as an entry point to the European market...

Solid as a BlackRock
26 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock’s Q3 securities lending revenue stood firm year over year but fell $32 million below the previous quarter...

Regulatory lawyer joins AIMA in Singapore
26 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Kher Sheng Lee has joined the Alternative Investment Management Association as global deputy head of government affairs and head of Asia Pacific government affairs...

INDOS Financial appoints depository manager
26 October 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Independent AIFMD depository INDOS Financial has hired Andrew Watson to manage its private equity and real estate depository business...

Irish regulator tentatively supportive of CMU
26 October 2015 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A capital markets union could be beneficial to the European economy, however successful implementation will require significant commitment from European Union member states...

Moody’s: Asset managers vulnerable to bond volatility
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers are becoming more exposed to disruption in secondary credit market liquidity as investment banks reduce their exposure to volatility in the bond markets, according to Moody’s Investors Service...

Deutsche Börse develops FX with 360T
23 October 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Börse has completed its acquisition of foreign exchange (FX) trading network 360T...

SunGard and Markit continue data relationship
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SunGard is extending its pricing and data services to include the full portfolio of Markit’s fixed-income data, giving clients access to customisable data sets, pricing and validation...

SEC appoints two new associate directors
22 October Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed two new associate directors to its clearing and settlement office...

Boost for Citi’s global custody and fund services team
22 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Citi has hired two experienced executives to its global custody and fund services business, and promoted another to run its North America franchise...