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Asian market players prefer to ‘wait and see’
28 April 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Fund managers in Asia are adopting a ‘wait and see’ attitude towards the anticipated increase in regulation, according to an RBC poll conducted at FundForum Asia...

Cyan Oak chooses SocGen for derivatives
27 April 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Societe Generale has been mandated by investment management company Cyan Oak Capital LLP to process derivatives for its range of alternative investment funds...

Merrill Lynch hit with record reporting fine
27 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its highest ever penalty for transaction reporting failures, fining Merrill Lynch £13.29 million...

SmartStream expands TLM systems
27 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SmartStream has enhanced its exception management solution to provide enterprise-wide transaction lifecycle management capabilities addressing process management...

T+2 is the future, says Omgeo
27 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A study published by Omgeo has revealed that 80 percent of respondents believe T+2 will become the global standard for settlement cycles within 10 years...

State Street scores valuable new mandates in Q1 2015
27 April 2015 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street secured $214 billion of new asset servicing mandates during Q1 2015…

SWIFT explore changes in real-time payments
24 April 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Regulatory initiatives are the key driver behind the increased adoption of real-time retail payments systems (RT-RPS), according to a new SWIFT research paper...

SWIFT KYC Registry expands across 109 countries
24 April 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT KYC Registry has now expanded across 109 countries, facilitating compliance with a growing number of correspondent relationships worldwide...

ISSA sets up crime compliance squad
24 April 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) has established a new working group to explore and better understand the challenges and activities in financial crime compliance...

Positive Q1 for BNY Mellon
24 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has released its figures for Q1 2015, revealing a 3 percent increase in asset servicing fees, increased assets under custody and administration, and a record high in assets under management...

Customer experience paramount for payments
23 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Payments companies should be putting the customer experience first, according to Sir David Clementi...

UniSuper appoints BNP Paribas as master custodian
23 April 2015 Melbourne
Reporter: Stephen Durham

UniSuper has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Serviced and its master custodian...