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Former Schroders COO joins ScalingFunds
19 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Patrick Stampfli, former COO from Schroders, has joined ScalingFunds, a fund management software provider for alternative investment funds and special purpose vehicles

Banque de France achieves ‘world first’ CBDC fund transaction using SETL blockchain
19 January 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi and CACEIS acted as the participating commercial banks to purchase CDBC tokens from Banque de France. CACEIS also acted as the custodian of the Groupama funds

HSBC launches new app to assist with NAV
19 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The apps will provide dashboards that can track the status of NAV processing against agreed timelines for the publication of NAV

Foresight expands European presence with new AIFM in Luxembourg
19 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Foresight says the new AIFM licence will enable it to meet the needs of its EU investor base and strengthen its presence in continental Europe

DTCC: pandemic to cause structural changes to industry, regulation and legislative agendas
19 January 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

While DTCC explains that FMIs around the globe performed remarkably well amid unprecedented market volatility, the pandemic’s impact will likely cause structural changes to the financial services industry

Clearstream and FundsDLT complete first blockchain fund transaction
19 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Zürcher Kantonalbank was the first to leverage the joint FundsDLT-Clearstream solution, with an end investor placing a fund transaction request via a mobile app directly on the private blockchain

Sanne promotes Peter Nagle
19 January 2021 Mauritius
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

In his new role, Nagle will be responsible for client service delivery across all jurisdictions and the firm’s continued commercial development

Gibraltar forms working group to extend digital asset regulatory guidelines
19 January 2021 Gibraltar
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The working group will ensure that the added regulation meets the global market standards for exchanges and other marketplace platforms, as well as considering recently defined standards set by the EU and other international bodies

LCH and Clearstream join forces for new post-trade connection
18 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As from today, all French and Belgian government debt securities cleared by LCH SA’s RepoClear service are available for settlement through Clearstream Banking AG

Archax joins LSEG’s ELITE programme
18 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Archax joins the programme as it prepares to launch the first FCA-regulated digital securities exchange.

Apex launches Invest Check offering ahead of EU SFDR
18 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Apex Group has launched Invest Check, a tool to help financial market participants collect the necessary data to report on and comply with the upcoming EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

Broadridge bolsters APAC team with David Ingleson hire
18 January 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Broadridge has appointed David Ingleson as chief operating officer for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore