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Corporate actions still widely processed manually, SIX survey finds
08 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The survey, included in a whitepaper entitled Corporate Actions Processing, finds that just under half of all respondents (49.1 per cent) cite legacy technology as their greatest challenge standing in the way of them automating their corporate action

Masdar Green picks Apex for sustainable REIT initiative
08 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Apex will provide Masdar with an independent and locally delivered suite of fund administration and property level accounting and reporting services, utilising Apex’s eFront and Yardi solutions

David Brown joins Margin Reform
08 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

During his career, Brown has gained 20 years of experience in roles from custody to front office sales and comes with a wealth of international knowledge having worked in New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore for UBS, J.P. Morgan and BNY Mellon

Daron Pearce becomes brand ambassador for Goal Group
08 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Daron Pearce is one of the industry’s most well-respected figures, combining a deep knowledge of asset management and securities operations with an outstanding aptitude for building relationships at the highest level," says Stephen Everard

Sanne appoints new head of Singapore
07 September 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Chal will replace David Fowler who recently relocated to Sanne’s London office where he started his new position as global head of private equity

DTCC’s FICC launches sponsored general collateral service
07 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Initial trades on FICC’s sponsored GC service executed by Federated Hermes, BNY Mellon and J.P. Morgan Securities, enabling centrally cleared repo transactions to settle on BNY Mellon's tri-party platform

Simon Picton joins Banco Santander
07 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Simon Picton brings more than 12 years of experience in the securities finance industry to help further Banco Santander's efforts in offering best-in-class service to its clients and counterparties

State Street to acquire BBH
07 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street will take over BBH’s Investor Services business, including its custody, accounting, fund administration, global markets and technology services, for US $3.5 billion

Standard Chartered and NTUC enter into joint venture
07 September 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

SC Bank Solutions will become Standard Chartered’s second separately licensed digital bank in Asia

Hamburg Commercial Bank chooses Broadridge PaaS for payments services
07 September 2021 Germany
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The cloud-based platform, designed by Broadridge and software consultant company PPI AG, combines PPI AG’s core payments processing platform and Broadridge’s messaging and transformation service

SmartStream adopts Cboe Europe for data services
07 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cboe Europe allows users to correlate the processes needed to manage the exchange’s data – ensuring that all active participants are ready on the day of trading

Euroclear appoints new CEO for ESES CSDs
06 September 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Since 2017, Eliet has been head of regulatory, compliance and public affairs for Euroclear