Apex Fund Services has partnered up with Saudi Arabian custodian Albilad Capital, to deliver fund administration solutions to Saudi funds
Milltrust International, an asset manager focused on emerging markets, has appointed SEDCO Capital to manage a new UCITS Middle East and North Africa fund...
Ashmore Group has mandated HSBC Saudi Arabia as its local custodian, as it bids to become one of the first asset managers to be approved to invest in Saudi Arabia’s stock market, the Tadawul...
Profile Software has announced its intentions to expand further in to the Middle East and Asia region...
Northern Trust has been selected to provide global custody, fund valuation and accounting services to Muscat Capital, the Saudi Arabia-based investment banking arm of Bank Muscat...
SmartStream Technologies has expanded its global operations with the opening of a new office in Riyadh WTC...
BNY Mellon has made key changes to its leadership team in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and wider Middle East and Africa region...
Northern Trust is expanding its global footprint with the opening of an office in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh...
Amid the Gamestop saga, Robinhood’s CEO has called for a fix on the ‘antiquated settlement structure’, but others in the industry argue the current T+2 settlement cycle is ‘ultra reliable’ and a real-time system could lead to many challenges
CGI’s Andy Schmidt discusses what the next-generation of central banking architecture looks like
Peter Hainz of SmartStream discusses how the banking industry is currently faring with the implementation of the Basel Committee’s monitoring tools for intraday liquidity management
The Middle Eastern markets are diverse in many ways, and they’re focusing on themselves before they look to harmonise settlement cycles within the wider region
After its successful inaugural trading session in March, ARTEX’s CEO Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi talks to Jack McRae about seeking to create a new asset class and democratise art
The Middle East is on the cusp of a securities services success story, but this plot is not necessarily a new one, says HSBC’s Kapil Seth
Stephanie Colaric of Bank of America Merrill Lynch explains how custodians are responding to the current environment, and asks whether now is a good time to explore new markets
Mike Cowley of Deutsche explains the bank’s footprint in the Middle East, as well as updating AST on its 2008 decision to bring client assets in-house
Saudi Vision 2030 is driving growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s financial services industry with the market set to stand up tall among its global peers
As the Saudi Arabian stock exchange finally opens its doors to foreign investments, the influx from abroad will be in baby steps, not leaps and bounds
Adding to the growth of the sukuk bond, Dubai’s new qualified investor fund aims to put the emirate on the domicile map for the Middle East and beyond
Despite reporting and process deficiencies, the Middle East is being primed for business, as AST finds out
