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Ashford selects Phoenix for agent and back-office operations
02 December 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Real estate investment fund sponsor Ashford has selected financial services provider Phoenix American to provide agent and back-office operational requirements

Euroclear and KSD sign MOU
01 December 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Euroclear Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Securities Depository, with the intention of providing more efficient post-trade access to Korea Treasury bonds for international investors

ECSDA appoints new chairs to its working groups
01 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ECSDA’s policy working group will be chaired by Rossetti, while the settlement working group will be chaired by Sánchez

Euronext completes acquisition of Nexi technology businesses
01 December 2022 Italy
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Group has finalised acquisition of the technology businesses currently powering MTS and Euronext Securities Milan from Italian technology provider Nexi. The transaction was first announced in June

Jim Kwiatkowski named LTX CEO
01 December 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Broadridge Financial Solutions has promoted Jim Kwiatkowski to CEO of LTX, its AI-driven digital trading business

Western Asset and T-Scape renew multi-year contract
01 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Through the partnership, T-Scape will continue to support Western Asset with the development of its corporate actions operating model as it adapts to keep in line with evolving business demands

Stephen Pemberton moves to SaaS company Coherent
01 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Stephen Pemberton has been appointed as CEO of Europe at SaaS company Coherent, after moving back to his native UK earlier this year

SmartStream updates cash management solution
01 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The design will allow for one-click business functions directly from the dashboard, including creating sweeps, managing fails and matches, as well as drilling down to individual cashflows

DTCC publishes CBDC pilot findings
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

DTCC has published the findings of its pilot programme investigating how tokenised securities and a wholesale CBDC would operate in the US settlement infrastructure

State Street terminates acquisition of BBH’s Investor Services business
30 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

State Street agreed that “it is not in the best interests of clients, shareholders or employees to continue to invest time and resources in the transaction in this challenging financial services M&A environment”

Lack of corporate actions automation remains a serious concern, ValueExchange report finds
30 November 2022 Canada
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The paper, ‘Reimagining the Corporate Actions Operating Model’, finds that difficulties to scale can be seen across the industry

AFME report outlines capital markets’ role to address biodiversity loss
30 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe and Ernst & Young have published a report that explores how finance can be channelled to help address biodiversity loss