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COVID-19 pandemic accelerated interest and need for cashless digitisation, says TCS BaNCS panel
08 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a catalyst to accelerate digitisation and the demand for predictive analytical insights in real-time, agreed a TCS BaNCS panel when discussing the latest requirements from investor clients

Fidelity Digital Assets granted official status for crypto asset activities by FCA
08 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Fidelity Digital Assets has been granted official registration status for cryptoasset activities by the UK Financial Conduct Authority

JTC Guernsey bolsters funds team
08 December 2021 Guernsey
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

JTC in Guernsey has appointed Mariana Enevoldsen as client services director as the company continues to grow its funds business

Acadia partners with Capitolis to launch data solution for capital optimisation
08 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Acadia, provider of integrated risk management services for derivatives companies, and Capitolis, the SaaS platform provider, have partnered to launch SA-CCR Optimization

BlackRock collaborates with industry consortium to support growth of US iShares ETFs
08 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BlackRock has entered into agreements with BNY Mellon, Citi and JP Morgan to join State Street as post-trade service providers for iShares’ US$2.3 trillion in US-domiciled exchanged traded funds

Talos joins the Pyth Network
07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Talos, a provider of trading technology for digital assets, has joined the Pyth Network, a platform designed to provide trusted and verifiable market data to decentralised applications

Bloomberg launches new solution within FailStation for CSDR compliance
07 December 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bloomberg has launched a new solution within its FailStation platform, a settlement-exception management tool, to support compliance with the Central Securities Depositories Regulation, ahead of the upcoming February 2022 implementation deadline

State Street, Vanguard and Symbiont complete first live trade for FX forward contracts through blockchain
07 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street has completed the margin calculation process for a live trade of a 30-day foreign exchange forward contract through the use of Assembly, Symbiont’s distributed ledger technology

Clearstream launches sustainability service for fund distributors
07 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Clients can now receive detailed insight into sustainability characteristics of investment funds via the Fund Compass application

Davies acquires Sionic
07 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Headquartered in London, Sionic specialises in technology transformation and digitalisation, international regulatory compliance, and risk management

Euronext appoints new head of CSD client services for Portugal
06 December 2021 Portugal
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Securities has appointed Olga Jordao as head of central securities depositories (CSD) client services for Portugal

HSBC adds investor services product head
06 December 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

HSBC has appointed CP Yap as global head of investor services product, markets and securities services, effective immediately