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Thomas Murray recruits BNY Mellon CSD team
16 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Thomas Murray Advisory Services has confirmed it has hired three members of BNY Mellon’s central securities depository team, in addition to former CEO Chris Prior-Willeard...

Bank of England to accept equities as collateral
16 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks will soon be able to offer the Bank of England equities as collateral, executive director Chris Salmon has revealed...

Goal Group open New York office
16 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Securities class-action specialist Goal Group has expanded its operations in the US with the opening of a third office, located on State Street in New York...

More Italian banks choose BNP Paribas for T2S
16 July 2015 Milan
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has been chosen to provide post-trade and custody services to the Italian Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) Group ahead of the implementation of T2S in the country in August...

AIM sets sights on UK, Netherlands and Nordics
15 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

AIM Software has appointed Ben Hopcroft as director of sales for the UK, Netherlands and the Nordic markets, to help expand the firm’s presence in these areas...

NSD joins SWIFT’s KYC registry
15 July 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Russia’s central securities depository, the National Securities Depository (NSD) is now using SWIFT’s know-your-client (KYC) Registry to improve its counterparty and client checks...

GFT expands compliance team
15 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

GFT has hired Oriol Pujol as head of market structure for its new legal, regulatory and compliance practice...

Sunny June for Clearstream custody and settlement
15 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream has seen increases across the board in its June figures, including a 10 percent increase in assets under custody, year-to-date, and a 12 percent increase in settlement transactions...

Bitcoin ecosystem is fragile, says SWIFT
14 July 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The bitcoin ecosystem exists in a fragile balance, and should be stabilised by encouraging smaller ‘mining’ pools, according to a white paper by the SWIFT Institute...

Russia’s corporate actions reform signed in
14 July 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The legal framework for Russia’s corporate actions reform has been approved and signed in to law...

Summer slump for SS&C GlobeOp
14 July 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2015 measured 0.65 percent, while hedge fund flows as measured by the Capital Movement Index declined 2.71 percent in July...

SS&C hires Shepro to head new unit
14 July 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C has launched its new business unit dedicated to the private capital market, and hired Bob Shepro to lead it as senior vice president...