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Second GameStop hearing recommences
17 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Michael Blaugrund, chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will address accelerating trade settlement to T+1

Capitolis partners with AcadiaSoft to enable greater capital optimisation for financial institutions
17 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The partnership will enable firms to more efficiently allocate their capital and has the potential to materially impact returns on capital, market liquidity and access to markets

Nordea selects AxiomSL to automate risk and reg reporting
17 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

As part of the mandate, Nordea Bank will implement AxiomSL’s RegCloud, a fully managed, cloud-based risk and regulatory reporting platform

ALFI: ManCos must become fintechs and invest heavily in technology
17 March 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“When you see the regulatory pressure, technology is paramount to help the ManCo concentrate on what they should do – which is helping the client provide governance,” says a speaker from the ALFI conference

Companies to face rising pressure to improve ESG behaviours, new report predicts
17 March 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Companies will face rising pressure to improve their ESG behaviours as investors deploy new tools to influence them, according to NN Investment Partners’ latest Responsible Investing Report

The Derivatives Service Bureau opens cybersecurity-focused consultation
17 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The global numbering agency for OTC derivatives is seeking input from the industry to tighten up data alignment and cloud resilience

HSBC acts as custodian for first-ever Saudi Arabia securities lending transaction
17 March 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“With our on-the-ground expertise and deep local knowledge, we’re pleased that HSBC was able to structure and support this first-of-its-kind transaction in the Saudi Arabian market," says HSBC's Madhur Bhandari

Harvey Colborne joins Gresham from SEI
17 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Harvey Colborne brings extensive knowledge and experience of both the buy and sell-side, specialising in post-trade and data technology

Worldline to provide clearing and settlement services to support PSA’s new payment ecosystem
16 March 2021 Austria
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Through this cooperation, PSA and Worldline are laying the groundwork for a new real-time payment platform for instant, secure and device-independent payments across Austria

Diginex launches EQUOS Origin
16 March 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As EQUOS rolls out borrowing and lending capabilities, EQO will be used to boost yields available on assets held in Digivault, the hot and cold wallet custodian integrated into EQUOS

HSBC introduces fund administration services in Thailand
16 March 2021 Thailand
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new service enables asset owners and managers to focus on their core offering and outsource their back-office operations to HSBC

ESG funds have soared in the UCITS market over the past five years, EFAMA finds
15 March 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EFAMA reveals that the number of environmental, social and governance funds grew at more than double the rate of non-ESG funds during the past five years