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FSB appoints new standing committee chairs
30 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: AST

Nellie Liang becomes the new chair of the FSB Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities, with Ryozo Himino heading the Standing Committee on Standards Implementation

IQ-EQ opens office in UAE
30 March 2023 UAE
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IQ-EQ is to open its first office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of an effort to expand its presence in the Middle East and build on its support for clients in the region

HDI Global appoints Konstantinos Semertzoglou as branch head in Greece
30 March 2023 Greece
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Semertzoglou will replace Notis Vagiakakos who has held the role for nearly 20 years

Bloomberg introduces new data dashboard for SFDR reporting
30 March 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bloomberg has introduced a new dashboard enabling fund managers to track and pick investments that align with the key ESG indicators mandated for SFDR reporting

Dutch pension scheme picks Northern Trust for custody services
30 March 2023 Netherlands
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dutch pension scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds Openbare Bibliotheken has appointed Northern Trust to provide its global custody and compliance monitoring services

DTCC makes trio of leadership appointments
30 March 2023 United Kingdom
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Susan Cosgrove (pictured) has been named as president of clearing and securities services, replacing DTCC veteran Murray Pozmanter

State Street latest to launch Proxymity’s Vote Connect Total
29 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

State Street has launched Vote Connect Total, Proxymity’s digital proxy voting service, in the UK and Ireland in anticipation of the 2023 proxy season

93 per cent expect hedge fund allocations growth over year, MPG report says
29 March 2023 Cayman Islands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Institutional investors and wealth managers are expected to increase hedge fund strategy allocations over the course of the next year, recent MPG research says

Fiona Horsewill swaps Citi for HSBC
29 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in London, Horsewill will report directly to Patrick George, global head of markets and securities services

Citi goes live with Nordnet on its Securities Lending Access platform
29 March 2022 UK, Nordics
Reporter: AST

This solution brings together Citi’s lending platform with Sharegain technology to digitise the securities lending transaction lifecycle, aiming to democratise lending by extending access to a wider community of investors

Pirum enhances CoacsConnect to automate corporate actions process
29 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The next phase of CoacsConnect will fully automate the voluntary corporate action process for the securities finance industry

Technology innovation must continue to accelerate post-pandemic, ISITC Summit panellists say
29 March 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Challenges that the financial services industry have faced over the past few years have “created opportunities” in the post-trade sector, according to an ‘Empowering Operations Through Technology Innovation’ panellist