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Apex continues acquisition streak after closing GFin Corporate Services deal
17 February 2021 Mauritius
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

GFin’s integration into the group will enhance Apex’s established presence in Mauritius, supporting the provision of locally delivered fund administration and corporate solutions to clients

Clearstream and Xceptor collaborate on withholding tax services
17 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership will see Clearstream and Xceptor offer a service for withholding tax processing for financial intermediaries

Charles Stanley becomes the first BITA ESG manager client
16 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Charles Stanley’s investment managers are now set to benefit from detailed visualisations, helping them to understand exposures, check preference conflicts and assess the impact of ESG-driven changes on risk, yield and return

HKEX names Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin as new chief executive
16 February 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The board believes that Aguzin’s experience will help HKEX continue to build its competitiveness, as well as support the ongoing growth and development of Hong Kong’s unique financial markets

FCA grants PSD2 license to Yolt Technology Services
16 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

With its new license, YTS can continue with payment services activities that include Payment Initiation Services and Account Information Services under its own independent FCA license as opposed to that of shareholder ING

Cooper Wood & Associates creates new value assessment product solution
16 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Cooper Wood & Associates says VAPS can identify areas that require action plans and remediation and manage them to completion in a timely and complete manner

CIBC Mellon named fund administrator of first bitcoin ETF
15 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Som Seif, founder and CEO of Purpose Investments, says: “Purpose Bitcoin ETF will change the landscape for investors by giving them a simple, efficient and affordable way to directly access the cryptocurrency"

Nasdaq strengthens anti-financial crime solutions with new acquisition
15 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The acquisition is set to strengthen Nasdaq’s existing regulatory and anti-financial crime solutions

Apex closes FundRock acquisition
15 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex Group comments: “The FundRock business shares our commitment to exceptional levels of client service and is a highly complementary addition to the Apex Group"

Clearstream sees small AUC increase for January
15 February 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Last month, Clearstream reported December’s assets under custody at €15.1 trillion, a 5 per cent increase on €14.4 trillion which was reported in the same period in 2019

MJ Hudson gets green light on Bridge Group merger
15 February 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Matthew Hudson, CEO of MJ Hudson says: “We are delighted to welcome the Bridge team to our group, following our decision to merge our businesses, back in October"

TMF Group completes Selectra acquisition
15 February 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Frank Welman, regional head for TMF Group, says Selectra’s service offering is “a key component of our fund strategy and enables us to be a full-service provider”