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Exclusive: Simon Cleary joins Goal Group as consultant
09 April 2021
Singapore Reporter Becky Bellamy

Simon Cleary joins Goal Group with more than 35 years of securities services experience after working in multiple leadership roles in the UK, Luxembourg and Singapore

WFE publishes research on global circuit breaker practices
01 April 2021
UK Reporter Maddie Saghir

Key findings from the report note that circuit breakers are more prevalent in cash than in derivatives markets, while a large proportion of respondents confirmed circuit breakers were triggered during March 2020

Sibos to remain digital for 2021
30 March 2021
US Reporter Maddie Saghir

While Sibos will remain digital-only in 2021, SWIFT plans to hold a physical event in Amsterdam for 2022

SWIFT approves KDPW ISO20022 buy-in message for CSDR
26 February 2021
Poland Reporter Drew Nicol

As the first buy-in messages ever to be registered, they set the reporting standard, developed from scratch in ISO20022, KDPW says

SETL appoints Marjan Delatinne as head of payments
25 February 2021
UK Reporter Maddie Saghir

"Our aim is to work with key industry partners, to improve on existing legacy technology and to drive digital transformation across the market" says Marjan Delatinne

WFE: Market activity has ‘swiftly’ recovered amid COVID-19 disruption
19 February 2021
UK Reporter Maddie Saghir

WFE says the markets remained open and functioning, despite the exceptional circumstances and even during the worst days of the crisis, and after the peak in uncertainty observed in March, markets quickly recovered

Broadridge launches new multi-asset post-trade processing solution
05 February 2021
Singapore Reporter Becky Bellamy

Post-trade FastStart will enable clients to handle both domestic and foreign equity and bonds, stock lending, collateral management and real-time multi-currency, multi-market transaction processing

TAS Group joins the list of SWIFT CBPR+ Ready Solutions vendors
21 December 2020
Italy Reporter Maddie Saghir

TAS Group, a provider of digital payments, liquidity management and financial messaging software solutions, has received global acceptance by SWIFT

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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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