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COVID-19 inspires derivatives post trade renovations, survey shows
30 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

COVID-19 chaos in H1 exposed weaknesses in some firms’ post-trade derivatives processing infrastructures and firms are now allocating major financial resources to reinforce their operations, according to a Acuiti survey sponsored by Broadridge

HKEX partners with DTCC in light of new settlement acceleration platform
30 November 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership between HKEX and DTCC will see HKEX Synapse link to DTCC’s institutional trade processing services

Central Bank of Sri Lanka selects SimCorp’s investment platform
30 November 2020 Sri Lanka
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has selected SimCorp’s front-to-back investment platform, SimCorp Dimension, to manage the investment operation of the country’s official reserves

EC gives green light to Euroclear UK & Ireland for temporary equivalence extension
27 November 2020 UK and Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EUI will be able to continue settling Irish-domiclied funds and securities up until the end of the new extension period of 30 June 2021

Raymond Chung departs HSBC Securities Services after 24 years
27 November 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Raymond Chung has left HSBC Securities Services Hong Kong after 24 years working in both securities services and asset management business lines

Central Bank of Iceland goes live with new interbank payment system
26 November 2020 Iceland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CBI and SIA have gone live with the new real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) and the new instant payment platform

ESMA releases shortlist for new chair
26 November 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The finalists include Portugal's former minister of finance Maria-Luis Albuquerque, Carmine di Noia, commissioner for the Italian financial market regulator, and Verena Ross, ESMA's executive director

Sanne promotes Rubina Toorawa to Mauritius country head
26 November 2020 Mauritius
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Sanne has promoted Rubina Toorawa from chief operating officer of Mauritius to the role of country head

EBA Clearing’s RT1 platform expands reach in Luxembourg
26 November 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EBA Clearing’s RT1 platform has expanded its reach in Luxembourg with five new joiners including Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg and Banque Internationale à Luxembourg

FIS’ treasury management solution to power Lunar’s mobile-only digital bank
26 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

FIS’ cloud-based treasury and risk management solution has been selected by Lunar to enable its mobile-only digital bank to optimise liquidity and manage risk as it continues its expansion

Apex Group gains new mandate from real estate investor Valpre Capital
26 November 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The services Apex will provide include transfer agency, financial statements, regulatory reporting and AML services as well as depositary for the fund, delivered via the Apex and European Depositary Bank subsidiary

Worldline and Nets join the European Payments Initiative
26 November 2020 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) was launched by 16 major Eurozone banks in July this year