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Crestbridge appoints new head of funds for UK
16 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in London, Bai will lead the UK funds team and contribute to the expansion of Crestbridge’s UK private equity and real estate fund services

HSBC takes top spot in R&M’s fund and administration survey
15 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global bank HSBC has been voted the best global fund and administration provider by fund managers and other financial institutions, according to the 2021 R&M Investor Services Survey

IQ-EQ names new group chief operating officer
10 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Investor services group IQ-EQ has appointed Joanna Macleod as group chief operating officer

BetaShares picks Citi Australia
08 November 2021 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Australian fund manager BetaShares has chosen Citi Australia to provide its custody and fund administration services

Maitland bolsters Guernsey funds administration team
08 November 2021 Guernsey
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Maitland has made four senior appointments within its Guernsey Fund Administration division, as it continues to service its growing Guernsey client base

TP ICAP names EMEA CEO
05 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

TP ICAP has appointed Sebastien Rozes as CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa, subject to approval from the Financial Conduct Authority

Ben Phillips to head Broadridge’s asset management global advisory services
04 November 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Broadridge hires Ben Phillips, former chief strategist and principal at Casey Quirk, as part of its distribution-focused business growth strategy to empower global asset managers

Citi launches new digital liquidity solution
26 October 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has launched On-Demand Sweeps (ODS) in China, a new digital liquidity solution for corporate clients to self-service real-time sweeps and manage working capital more efficiently

Standard Chartered appoints new COO
25 October 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Standard Chartered has enhanced its trade management team with the appointment of Khuresh Faizullabhoy as chief operating officer (COO), trade, based in Singapore

S&P Global and IHS Markit receive conditional approval from European Commission concerning merger
25 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

S&P Global and IHS Markit have received conditional approval for their US$44 billion merger from the European Commission

AFME: T+2 is quicker than it used to be, but is it enough?
20 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The settlement date for stocks used to be T+5, before moving to T+3, and now most markets operate on a T+2 settlement cycle, but panellists at the AFME conference discussed whether or not the T+2 cycle is enough

AFME: The regulator will ‘struggle’ to catch up with the evolving digital assets space
19 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The industry is entering a fascinating era and the regulator will struggle to catch up because the system is evolving rapidly and becoming extremely dynamic, experts predict