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LSEG launches MiFIR reporting tests
08 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UnaVista, LSEG's approved reporting mechanism for the MiFID regime, has launched its testing environment for transaction reporting under the corresponding regulation...

BNY Mellon analyses new collateral management tools
05 August 2016 New york
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Market participants need to become more efficient when financing their transactions, according to BNY Mellon, whose report outlines the strategies to adopt in collateral management...

SocGen expands prime services in Japan
05 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale has named Ramir Cimafranca as head of prime services for Japan, effective immediately...

Promotions all round at NSD
05 August 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has made three internal appointments to its senior management team...

Northern Trust gears up for asset servicing expansion
04 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has appointed Ian Hamilton as a sales manager to drive asset servicing in the pensions and sovereign entity sectors in the UK, Europe and Africa...

Bank of England finally drops interest rates
04 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Bank of England has dropped interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25 percent, with the outlook for growth in the short to medium term weakening “markedly”...

Mixed Q2 for State Street
04 August 2016 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street’s assets under custody and administration remained fairly steady in Q2 2016, compared to Q1, however the business has seen slight declines year-over-year...

ENSO partners with EBS Treasury
04 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ENSO Financial Analytics has partnered with ICAP’s money market fund platform EBS Treasury for cash and collateral movement workflows...

SocGen sees challenging Q2 for securities services
03 August 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale’s securities services revenues dropped by 7.1 percent in Q2 2016, while revenues for H1 were down 11.5 percent compared to the same period last year...

Johnstone-Scott rises in the ranks at Elian
03 August 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Elian Fund Services has appointed Giles Johnstone-Scott as funds director...

Digital Asset builds on leadership team
03 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Distributed ledger technology developer Digital Asset has made a string of new appointments, including RBS’s Carol Mathis as CFO...

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance welcomes Calypso
03 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Calypso Technology, a technology solutions provider for global financial markets, has become a corporate member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance...