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OCC names Thakkar as chief risk officer
02 December 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Vishal Thakkar is responsible for implementing OCC’s risk management framework and serves on the Management Committee

Ampega furthers digitisation project with SimCorp
02 December 2022 Denmark
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Already using SimCorp’s back- and middle-office suite, Ampega will now onboard SimCorp Dimension’s front-office suite which includes portfolio management and order and trade processing

EBA publishes real-time data in liquidity management report
02 December 2022 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The report, ‘Use of real-time data’, discusses the potential benefits and opportunities that banks could see if they had real-time data access, a capability that some companies already possess

Anne Storie heads Apex’s Cayman division
02 December 2022 Cayman Islands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Apex has appointed Anne Storie as country head for the Cayman Islands, effective immediately. She reports to Georges Archibald, chief innovation officer and managing director for the Americas

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

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