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Successful SIX months
26 August 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX has seen mainly positive results for the first six months of 2015, including increases in operating income for the Swiss Exchange and SIX Securities Services...

Manual swap management still rife, says SimCorp
26 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Many asset managers are still relying on manual processes for managing complex swaps across the investment lifecycle, according to a SimCorp survey...

Michael McMahon joins ENSO
25 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

ENSO Financial Analytics has appointed Michael McMahon as chief technology officer...

Mirabaud expands European equities team
25 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Mirabaud Asset Management has hired Ken Nicholson to manage its European small- and mid-cap equity team...

New FX services on the cards for Markit
25 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Markit is set to acquire DealHub, a trade processing service provider for the foreign exchange (FX) market...

Mergers and acquisitions driving tech innovation
24 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The increase in mergers and acquisitions among alternative fund administrators is “unprecedented”, and a key driver of technological advancement, according to the CEO of MUFG Fund Services...

Genpact takes over Citibank OpenWealth in the UK
24 August 2015 Glasgow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Genpact has completed its acquisition of Citibank’s UK OpenWealth platform, expanding its own OpenWealth capabilities in to the UK financial services market...

BNY Mellon to support Irish housing platform
24 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has been appointed as account bank for a €500 million lending platform for building homes in Ireland, Activate Capital...

Alternative investments on the up
21 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alternative asset classes are seeing an increase in popularity, with 79 percent of institutional investors now investing in at least one, according to Preqin’s latest Investor Outlook report...

SS&C sees increases in August
21 August 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator shows that notifications recovered somewhat, increasing from July’s 2.08 percent dip to reach a figure of 3.46 percent in August...

SGX consults on affiliate segregation
20 August 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Singapore Exchange has proposed the introduction of affiliate segregation, a system designed to protect the collateral of an SGX Derivatives Clearing member’s affiliates in the case of a default...

Health care hedge investment on the up
20 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Hedge funds are moving towards health care stocks and away from the technology sector, according to the S&P Capital IQ quarterly hedge fund tracker...