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Eurex Clearing to launch new access model
04 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Eurex Clearing is launching a new buy-side membership type to allow a direct contractual relationship with the clearinghouse, facilitated by a clearing agent, starting Q3...

State Street snaps up GEAM
31 March 2016 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street has agreed to acquire GE Asset Management (GEAM) in a $485 million cash transaction...

Target date set for US shift to T+2
07 March 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The US T+2 Industry Steering Committee (ISC) has announced 5 September 2017 as the target date for the market to move from a T+3 to a T+2 settlement cycle...

ESMA seeks benchmark for new regulation
18 February 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a discussion paper to collect feedback on the technical implications of the upcoming Benchmarks Regulation...

Bumper 2015 for BNP Paribas
10 February 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has announced increases across the board in its securities services business for 2015, including a 30 percent increase in assets under administration...

Broadridge: ETF assets took off in 2015
29 January 2016 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Exchange traded fund assets held by financial intermediaries reached an all-time high of $2.2 trillion in 2015, according to data from Broadridge’s Fund Distribution Intelligence...

Tricky Q4 for BNY Mellon
25 January 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has seen mixed results in its investment management business, with a slight 1 percent increase in assets under custody contending with a 4 percent slump in assets under management...

Mixed bag of Q4 results for Northern Trust
22 January 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has seen an increase in assets under custody in its Q4 2015 results, however assets under management and custody and administration fees revealed more turbulent figures...

Russian and Serbian CSDs sign operations agreement
30 October 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The NSD and Serbia’s CSD have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on depository and settlement operations...

NSD's assets under custody jump 28 percent
29 October 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

National Settlement Depository, Russia’s CSD, has seen a 28 percent increase in assets under custody, while the number of securities issued and the value of registered payments both also increased...

Solid as a BlackRock
26 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock’s Q3 securities lending revenue stood firm year over year but fell $32 million below the previous quarter...

US SEC supports T+2 settlement cycle
08 October 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

An industry coalition has welcomed a letter from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supporting the move to a two-day settlement cycle in the US...