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HSBC launches new technology platform as part of securities services expansion
01 March 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has launched a technology platform to provide private asset administration services to asset owners and managers, as part of the bank’s wider effort to grow its securities services offering in the private asset sector

HSBC selects Proxymity’s Shareholder ID solution for SRD II compliance
15 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has selected Proxymity’s Shareholder ID solution in an effort to meet the compliance requirements for the EU’s Shareholder Rights Directive II Directive

HSBC partners with Bloomberg for increased post-trade efficiency
09 February 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has partnered with Bloomberg to support real-time trade management processes, including matching and settlement for mutual clients

LPA bolsters UK consulting team
01 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Russell Chumbley (pictured left) has been appointed as director of capital markets consulting, technology, development and transformation, while James Kirkham (pictured right) has been appointed as head of UK risk function

Consulting firm Sionic appoints Matthew Davey as a partner
11 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global financial services consulting firm Sionic, now part of the Davies Group, has appointed Matthew Davey as a partner within its asset management practice

Michelle Butler swaps HSBC for J.P. Morgan
10 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Michelle Butler has left HSBC as head of business development and client management Europe for a position as managing director, head of sales, UK and Ireland at J.P. Morgan

HSBC becomes first international custodian to facilitate a QFI trade in BSE
05 January 2022 China
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC has successfully facilitated a transaction in Beijing Stock Exchange, placed by an offshore investor via the Qualified Foreign Investor scheme, becoming the first international custodian to facilitate a QFI trade in BSE

BNY Mellon appoints Salmaan Nayeer to asset servicing team
05 January 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has appointed Salmaan Nayeer as head of middle-office product for Asia Pacific

HSBC and IBM complete successful token and digital wallet settlement test
17 December 2021 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

HSBC and IBM have successfully tested an advanced token and digital wallet settlement that included direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies, using the cloud

Transcend hires former senior advisor as global head of product
17 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Transcend has appointed its former senior advisor Todd Hodgin to global head of product

RBC I&TS appoints Paul Burd as global head of client operations
14 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Paul Burd as managing director and global head of client operations, effective 3 January 2022

HSBC and Wells Fargo use Baton Systems to complete first interbank PvP settlement outside CLS
13 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The world’s first interbank PvP settlement outside of CLS has been completed by HSBC and Wells Fargo using Baton Systems’ Core-FX solution, built on Baton’s distributed ledger technology