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20 percent jump in CUSIP requests
17 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CUSIP Global Services saw a sharp increase in requests for new security identifiers in October, suggesting that there could be a surge in new corporate and municipal bond issuances...

New hedge fund head for Northern Trust APAC
17 November 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has promoted Ali Sheikh to the position of head of hedge fund services for the Asia Pacific region...

ESMA asks for MiFID II delay
17 November 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has requested a delay to MiFID II, with chair Steven Maijoor saying work on the regulation is “by no means finished”...

Landis is new CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange
16 November 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Christoph Landis has been appointed as division CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange, and will take up a position on the SIX Group executive board, with immediate effect...

Accounting acquisition for Broadridge
16 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired investment accounting solutions provider QED financial systems, in order to improve its accounting and data management offering...

BlackRock gains ETF migration partners
16 November 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock has partnered up with Euroclear and Clearstream to migrate 20 ETFs to an international issuance and settlement structure...

Clearstream grows AUC in October
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream enjoyed an 8 percent boost in its assets under custody in October, on last year’s figures...

Deutsche Börse shakes up board responsibilities
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse Group will redistribute responsibilities of its executive board, effective 1 January 2016...

Markit mandated for tricky valuations
12 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Global investment manager Aberdeen Asset Management has chosen Markit to provide valuation services for hard-to-price assets for positions within limited market data...

Time running out for FRTB updates down under
12 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Some Australian banks should reconsider their business strategies in light of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, according to a white paper from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services...

RSRCHX gains another research provider
12 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

RSRCHXchange has added market data analytics provider OTAS Technologies to its RSRCHX online marketplace platform for institutional research...

State Street opens Copenhagen office
11 November 2015 Copenhagen
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street has strengthened its presence in the Nordic region with the opening of an office in Copenhagen...