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Companies hiding behind ESG data issues, says AFME panellist
04 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Data quality, availability, and usability remain major barriers to ESG development, panellists at AFME’s Operations, Post-Trade, Technology & Innovation Conference agreed

Reserve Bank of Australia “disappointed” by delay to ASX’s CHESS go-live date
03 October 2022 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is “disappointed” by the most recent delay to the go-live date for the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX’s) CHESS replacement

Nikolaos Perros to take Gen II COO position
03 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Independent private capital fund administrator Gen II Fund Services has appointed Nikolaos Perros as chief operating officer. Ishita Shah has been named as chief commercial officer

CSDR not yet ironed out, say AFME panellists
03 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The question of whether there is “life after CSDR'' was left unanswered by panellists at AFME’s inaugural Operations, Post-Trade, Technology & Innovation Conference

La Mutuelle Générale extends partnership with Linedata
03 October 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Paris-based personal insurance company La Mutuelle Générale has extended its partnership with Linedata to utilise its fund accounting operations

FCA approves Revolut’s trading licence
03 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Until now, Revolut has remained on the FCA’s temporary register; able to trade, but with their application still under review

SRDII not yet problem-free, say AFME panellists
03 October 2022 London
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The panel, entitled ‘Using Technology to Connect Issuers and Investors’, discussed the second Shareholder Rights Directive and the progress it has made since its implementation in 2017

Federal Reserve Board to launch climate analysis exercise
03 October 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The pilot exercise will launch in early 2023, and aims to improve the ability of supervisors and firms to deal with climate risks by measuring their resilience to a series of hypothetical risk scenarios

Clearwater acquires JUMP
30 September 2022 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Analytics solutions provider Clearwater Analytics Holdings is to acquire Paris-based technology firm JUMP Technology (JUMP) in a €75 million deal

Michael Bjergby joins SimCorp
30 September 2022 Denmark
Reporter: Lucy Carter

SimCorp has appointed Michael Bjergby as chief financial officer and a member of the executive management board, effective 1 December

Young investors say they do not trust traditional financial structures in ALFI panel
30 September 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The comments were made at a panel where three young market participants were quizzed on the investment preferences of millennials and Gen Z

ESG data remains difficult to measure, ALFI panel says
30 September 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

There is an industry need for clarity as ESG regulations continue to be rolled out, but the changes being made are positive, agreed panelists at this years’ Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry Global Distribution Conference