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Lukka picks State Street for digital and crypto fund administration services
30 July 2021
US Reporter Jenna Lomax

Crypto asset company Lukka has chosen State Street to provide digital and cryptocurrency asset fund administration services for its private funds clients

Sanne acquires PraxisIFM fund business
29 July 2021
UK Reporter Jenna Lomax

Sanne has acquired the PraxisIFM fund business for a reported £50 million

BNP Paribas bolsters senior client development teams
21 July 2021
London Reporter Rebecca Delaney

BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Linda Lamri as head of sales for Luxembourg, while Joy Kiely has been named head of client development for Ireland

Robert Brown departs ACSA
07 July 2021
Australia Reporter Maddie Saghir

Brown is leaving to pursue private business interests and plans to retain a connection with ACSA and the industry

International insuretech reaches unicorn status following funding round
05 July 2021
United States Reporter Rebecca Delaney

bolttech has achieved unicorn status, awarded to private companies valued at over $1 billion, following a $180 million series A funding round one year after the international insurtech’s launch in 2020

Corrine Lamesch re-elected as ALFI chair
28 June 2021
Luxembourg Reporter Becky Bellamy

The appointment is effective immediately and her second mandate will run for two years. In addition, a new board of directors has been elected

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Data named the biggest ESG challenge, Sionic and Clearwater Analytics survey finds
16 June 2021
UK Reporter Maddie Saghir

“Sustainable investment is increasing the challenges on data functions that are dealing with disparate, incomplete ESG data sets which are being used as inputs to internal modelling, exclusion checks and reporting," says Clare Vincent-Silk

GBST boosts AJ Bell’s wealth management business growth
14 June 2021
UK Reporter Maddie Saghir

“We have built an extensive knowledge of AJ Bell and its architecture, people, and processes, which helps to make the platform such an overwhelming success for advisers and end investors alike," says David Simpson

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Meeting the challenge

Allvue’s Robert Sims talks to Lucy Carter about the challenges general partners are facing in the current environment and what they need to be doing to keep up with changing times

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The fuel powering digitisation

APIs have been around for some time but their significance is growing in the asset servicing industry as experts say they are the fuel powering digitalisation

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The devil is in the data

Industry experts discuss the regulatory initiatives that are having the biggest impact on their business and lessons to be learnt from regulatory data integrity and control processes

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Shift in momentum

Although the hedge fund industry has matured over the years, experts say it is still in its infancy, and it is currently seeing a significant shift in momentum in outsourcing middle and back-office services

Interviews
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Robert Bluhm
Universal Investment

Following on from its ‘Best ESG Initiative’ win at AST’s Industry Excellence Awards, Universal Investments’ Robert Bluhm talks to Lucy Carter about what makes the company’s ESG offerings stand out

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Robert Garrison
DTCC

The frenzy around blockchain has been unprecedented, but is it a disruptive force on the verge of replacing legacy infrastructures, or will its effect be only marginal? Robert Garrison, DTCC’s chief information officer, explains

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Paul Roberts
IFDS

Paul Roberts of IFDS anticipates that the continuing effects of regulation and requirements for continual investment may see further contraction in the number of providers within the industry

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Paul Roberts
Milestone Group

Securing the right balance of oversight is an important challenge for fund managers today, says Milestone Group’s Paul Roberts

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Chile

Brian Bollen discusses current investment opportunities in South America, the takeaways from BME’s November Latibex Forum, and why State Street decided to open a new office in Chile

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Luxembourg

Brian Bollen looks at Luxembourg’s climate for foreign investors, the change of pace and direction needed for the country’s fintech initiatives, and the wider economic strain impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The Nordics

Brian Bollen takes a look at Nordic asset servicing and its current CSD models following the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Italy

It is no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic dealt Italy and its economy a hard blow in the first half of 2020. Industry experts explain why 2021 has been a different story and outline what the future holds for the country’s asset servicing

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