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NeMa: Regulatory terrain difficult for foreign investors
26 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulators in Africa should be more engaged with banks and custodians, and also with their western counterparts, according to Habib Motani, a partner at Clifford Chance...

NeMa: costs not the only factor in custody
26 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks can avoid the hidden costs of providing custody services by using a ‘hub’ model, but this should be carefully balanced with providing a good service, according to Duncan Smith...

NeMa: African funds going global
25 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Once considered a specialist investment destination, Africa is gradually carving out its place on the global fund management scene, according to Paul Forsyth, a managing partner at Apache Partners...

EFAMA and SWIFT find Irish and Lux automation gains
25 November 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The automation rate of fund orders received by transfer agents in Luxembourg and Ireland increased to 83.5 percent in Q2 2015, according to a new report...

New addition to SS&C board
24 November 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C Technologies has hired Smita Conjeevaram to its board of directors...

DTCC launches Data as a Service
24 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Data Products has launched its Data as a Service product, which has already been adopted by a top-tier bank...

Italian mandate for GoldenSource
24 November 2015 Verona
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Italian insurance group Cattolica Assicurazioni has selected GoldenSource’s Market Data Solution to improve pricing controls and accelerate reporting capabilities in preparation for Solvency II...

Calastone Transfer Service up and running with Investec
24 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Investec Wealth & Investment has gone live with Calastone’s Transfer Service solution for automating stock transfers...

Fullgoal chooses Deutsche Bank for RQFII services
23 November 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Fullgoal Asset Management has selected Deutsche Bank as custodian and fund services and transfer agency provides for its Luxembourg-domiciled RQFII fund, one of the first of its type under UCITS IV...

SGX and EBS Broker Tec pair up for futures
23 November 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

EBS BrokerTec and the Singapore Exchange have signed a collaboration agreement to launch SGX FX block futures in the EBS market...

FCA tackles competition in asset management
23 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The FCA has set out the areas of focus for its study of competition in the asset management industry, with the role of consultants and motivation for cost control featuring...

SEC proposes new alternative trading rules
20 November 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules intended to improve regulatory oversight and transparency of alternative trading systems that trade stocks on national market systems...