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Exclusive: State Street to launch triparty collateral service
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street is set to enter the triparty collateral arena for buy-side clients ahead of the fifth phase of the UMR in September

IQ-EQ to create dedicated funds business in Ireland
02 March 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IQ-EQ will transfer a number of key personnel from the group’s wider UK and Ireland cluster who will hold the role of director and head of fund accounting as part of the fund services expansion

Grant McLeod becomes Guernsey Finance’s first dedicated South Africa representative
02 March 2021 South Africa
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

McLeod has spent 20 years in financial services in South Africa, particularly in private wealth, with companies including Ashburton and Barclays Private Wealth

DASH Regulatory Technologies receives SOC 1 Type II Attestation
02 March 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The SOC 1 Type II audit of DASH 360R was completed by a global accounting firm under the attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

CIBC Mellon: outsourcing remains ‘vital’ to Canadian pension funds
01 March 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We anticipate innovation and change will continue as Canadian pension fund managers focus on agility and responsiveness in the context of a fast-moving investment environment," says Ian Fulton

Paul Adamiak returns to TMF Group
01 March 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Adamiak previously worked at TMF Group from 2008 to 2019 as an associate director in the global fund services business line

Global ESG standards body needed, IOSCO says
01 March 2021 Spain
Reporter: Alex Pugh

A leading international securities regulatory body is calling for a three-pronged approach to achieve globally consistent and reliable sustainable financing disclosure standards

Deutsche Boerse strengthens sustainable investing focus with ISS acquisition
26 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse and ISS are now able to serve the growing demand for in-depth extra-financial data, research and analytics

SWIFT approves KDPW ISO20022 buy-in message for CSDR
26 February 2021 Poland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As the first buy-in messages ever to be registered, they set the reporting standard, developed from scratch in ISO20022, KDPW says

HSBC moves Corda Enterprise blockchain technology to the Google Cloud
26 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC says it is using blockchain to support the custody of future digital asset classes

Single Rulebook enables switch between UK and EU regulation
25 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new functionality and tools available on Single Rulebook allow users to research, annotate and work with both texts side by side

Nordea agrees referral deal with Citi as it exits Nordics sub-custody market
25 February 2021 Norway
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has entered into a referral arrangement with Nordea amid its exit from the nordic sub-custody business