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New CFO to join SIX
07 October 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX has appointed Daniel Schmucki as its new CFO and member of the group executive board...

Indos Financial sees 160 percent growth spurt
06 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UK independent AIFMD depository Indos Financial has recorded 160 percent growth in assets under depository in the last 12 months...

Flexibility and leadership key to data strategies
04 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers require governance and flexibility in their data strategies, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Northern Trust...

Guernsey funds increase year-on-year
28 September 2016 St Peter Port
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The net asset value of all funds under management and administration in Guernsey stood at £247.1 billion at the end of June 2016, an increase of £9.1 billion since the end of March, according to the GFSC...

Huw van Steenis to join Schroders
01 September 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Morgan Stanley managing director Huw van Steenis is set to join Schroders as global head of strategy and a member of the group management committee...

FIMA: Data governance ‘vital’ for regulation
30 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Data governance is ‘vital’, particularly with regards to risk management and regulation, according to a survey of data managers by FIMA and GoldenSource...

HKEX debuts volatility control system
23 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited has launched its Volatility Control Mechanism for preventing extreme price volatility arising from extreme trading errors...

SocGen sees challenging Q2 for securities services
03 August 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale’s securities services revenues dropped by 7.1 percent in Q2 2016, while revenues for H1 were down 11.5 percent compared to the same period last year...

Digital Asset builds on leadership team
03 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Distributed ledger technology developer Digital Asset has made a string of new appointments, including RBS’s Carol Mathis as CFO...

Microsoft’s Turner takes the helm at Citadel Securities
07 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citadel Securities has tapped Microsoft for COO Kevin Turner to fill its vacant CEO position...

Brexit: Blackrock predicts messy EU divorce
27 June 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Blackrock has predicted “a long period of political, economic and market uncertainty” following the UK vote to exit the European Union...

Capital moving to alternative strategies
13 June 2016 Berlin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Institutional investors are seeking to allocate more of their capital to alternative strategies, including real estate, in a quest for strong returns in the low interest rate environment, according to a new study from BNY Mellon...