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Standard Chartered completes Hong Kong acquisition of RBC Investor Services Trust
24 May 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: AST

The acquisition will be rolled into a newly approved entity named Standard Chartered Trustee (Hong Kong), with Standard Chartered’s existing HK trust services also being merged into SC Trustee over time

TMX collaborates with Clearstream to release new Canadian collateral management service
24 May 2023 Canada
Reporter: Bob Currie

The CCMS collateral solution is targeted for Q3 2023 and will deliver improved automation, optimisation and collateral mobilisation, while bringing domestic triparty repo to the Canadian market for the first time

Apex acquires MJ Hudson data and analytics
23 May 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Apex Group has announced its acquisition of MJ Hudson’s data and analytics division, subject to regulatory approval, including management company businesses in Luxembourg and Ireland and fiduciary and fund administration units in the Channel Islands

Chronograph to launch Snowflake connectivity-as-a-service solution
23 May 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Technology provider Chronograph has partnered with Snowflake to develop a connectivity-as-a-service product designed to consolidate and analyse private equity portfolio monitoring data

Taskize and Symphony integrate to enhance post-trade solution
23 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The integration aims to allow users of the two firms to collaborate in real time without reverting to “slow traditional methods” such as phone or email

HSBC launches new digital services offering
23 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

AI Markets will have the capability to “revolutionise” how investors navigate the complexity of financial markets, according to the London- and Hong Kong-based bank

Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb sign consolidated tape joint venture agreement
23 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The joint venture will see the firms participate in the public procurement procedure to become a fixed income consolidated tape provider in the European Union

CACEIS and Amundi complete Fund Channel partnership
22 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Following a strategic agreement with European asset manager Amundi, CACEIS now holds a 33.33 per cent strategic stake in B2B fund distribution platform Fund Channel. Amundi remains the majority shareholder

Broadridge hires Yildirim to sales team
22 May 2023 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Baris Yildirim, former FIS sales manager, joins the firm as sales director for Northern Europe, where he will identify new client opportunities in the region

Andrew Loong joins HKEX
19 May 2023 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has appointed Andrew Loong as managing director and head of digital assets. He will begin his role in July, replacing Andrew Walton

NYIC and MAS publish cross-border payments study findings
19 May 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The project investigated the efficiency of distributed ledger technology in multi-currency cross-border wholesale payments and settlements

Westpac New Zealand adopts Finastra’s ISO 20022 compliance solution
19 May 2023 New Zealand
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The solution allows Westpac to take full advantage of the messaging format and maintain compatibility with legacy formats, without having to overhaul its entire payments ecosystem