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Noren announces retirement
18 June 2024
Norway Reporter Jack McRae

Ulf Noren spent over four decades in the financial services industry, with over half of that coming at SEB.

SIX’s Bayley appointed board member at SWIFT
13 June 2024
Switzerland Reporter Jack McRae

Bayley has worked at SIX since 2016, and at SIX x-clear since 2020, where she is responsible for regulatory and strategic topics within the clearing market

Commerzbank completes FX, FX derivatives, equities and commodities migration to Murex platform
28 May 2024
Germany Reporter Klea Neza

TeamTek and Infosys have accompanied and supported Commerzbank on a journey that has aimed to achieve model simplification and furthers business expansion

SBI Securities selects Broadridge’s post-trade solution for equities brokerage services
15 April 2024
UK Reporter Jack McRae

These services will be distributed through its subsidiary SBI Shinsei International

Pinto Pereira named head of Brazil at Calastone
12 April 2024
Brazil Reporter Jack McRae

Most recently, he had been providing advisory services to investors, having previously held senior leadership positions at Citi, Canada Life, HSBC, SWIFT and B3 (Cetip)

Swift completes second testing phase for its CBDC interlinking solution
26 March 2024
Belgium Reporter Bob Currie

This second testing phase has extended the project coverage to include a more complex set of use cases, employing Swift’s solution to support transactions across simulated digital transactions, tokenised assets and foreign exchange networks

AP+ chooses Swift to develop confirmation of payee service
19 March 2024
Australia Reporter Klea Neza

Swift plans to deliver the service via the NPP, standardised application programming interfaces and a centralised account matching service managed by AP+

Clearstream selects Intix for transaction data management
13 March 2024
Europe Reporter Sophie Downes

Through Intix, Clearstream will have enhanced accessibility to financial messaging data, such as SWIFT MTs and ISO 20022 structured messages and files

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Change under the Northern Lights

Klea Neza runs through the changes in the Nordic market over the past two decades, focusing on political reforms, regulations, and technological advancements

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Preparing for T+1

Whikie Liu, strategy director for capital markets at Swift, considers the impact that North America moving to T+1 will have on markets across the globe and whether the world is ready for the shift

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Learning to sing in harmony

A year on from moving to the ISO 20022 standard for all cross-border payments, how does the space need to develop to promote harmonisation?

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Irish Fund Administration Panel

Industry experts consider fund administration in Ireland, regulatory changes and market expansion

Interviews
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Joe Mernagh and Nigel Little
HSBC and Proxymity

HSBC’s Joe Mernagh and Proxymity’s Nigel Little talk to Jenna Lomax about their new partnership, SRD II and what’s in store for both institutions in the coming months

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Hirander Misra
GMEX

Hirander Misra of GMEX suggests the time for unregulated digital exchanges is limited with the EU, Abu Dhabi Global Market in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Malaysia and other jurisdictions working on frameworks

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Rob Lowe
Pictet

Pictet’s Rob Lowe highlights the importance of embracing the power of technology and modernising legacy processes particularly in the fund services space

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Rebecca Xuereb
BOV Fund Services

As an attractive domicile in the alternative space for the small-medium sized managers, BOV Fund Services’ Rebecca Xuereb suggests that it’s vital for the country to remain responsive to any updates and adaptations required to continue to strengthen its position and reputation

Country profiles
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Guernsey

Guernsey has long been a popular destination for financial services companies to domicile funds, attract clients and conduct operations — something that looks set to continue

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Russia

Despite being hit hard by COVID-19 — much like the rest of Europe — Russia is now one of the continent’s leading international trailblazers when it comes to custody growth and technological innovation

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Canada

With an evolving payments landscape, Canada is marching ahead to modernise its core payments infrastructure with a vision to build a modern payments system that is fast, flexible, secure and promotes innovation

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Canada

While 2020 has been a challenging year for markets, investment operations and many individuals, Lloyd Sebastian of CIBC Mellon explains that market participants and stakeholders have worked hard to deliver on the fundamental themes that distinguish Canada

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