The International Securities Services Association has elected Margaret Harwood-Jones, co-head of financing and securities services at Standard Chartered, to its board of directors
The financing and securities services unit will include all existing securities services activities including custody, clearing, fiduciary and fund services, and securities lending
Standard Chartered has launched SC GPI Track, a publicly accessible portal that offers the ability to trace all cross-border payments cleared through the bank’s major clearing centres to its clients, as well as its corporate and retail clients
One industry expert says it is becoming ‘increasingly difficult for firms to stay within the rules” as the number of legislative initiatives that compliance teams need to maintain grow
Standard Chartered’s new fixed income prime brokerage offering, connected to its own custody and repo financing capabilities, has proven popular with hedge funds, according to Andy Sterry, co-head of prime services at Standard Chartered
HSBC has appointed Anastasia Aurol as vice president of China business development in the asset owners and managers client segment of HSBC Securities Services
SmartStream Technologies has appointed Nadeem Shamim as head of cash and liquidity management as part of a strategy to comply with new Prudential Regulation Authority rules