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T-Scape to develop voting management solution for investment managers
02 September 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The development was driven by regulatory requirements of the Shareholder Rights Directive II that comes into force on 3 September

Clearstream selects WM Gruppe for SRD II
20 August 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Clearstream has selected WM Gruppe as a service provider for three central securities depositories to meet requirements under the second Shareholder Rights Directive

ISS launches SRD II-compliant GPD solution
10 August 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Institutional Shareholder Services has launched a global proxy distribution shareholder identification service to help custodians and intermediaries meet requirements under the second EU Shareholder Rights Directive

T-Scape to launch SRD II solution for wealth managers
30 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

T-Scape is in the development stage for a solution to help wealth managers and other intermediaries meet one of the regulatory requirements for the upcoming Shareholder Rights Directive II

Broadridge sees demand for SRD II solution
14 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Broadridge Financial Solutions has experienced a record number of new signings for its multi-industry Shareholder Rights Directive solution

Proxymity launches industry-led consortium
05 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The newly formed consortium includes BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Computershare, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and State Street

EuropeanIssuers shares industry concerns with ESMA
28 April 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EuropeanIssuers has sent a letter to ESMA to ensure issuers’ concerns are heard in these “trying times”, amid COVID-19 challenges

Associations call for delay to SRD II
16 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eleven trade associations have jointly written to the European Commission requesting a 12-month delay to the timetable for implementing the second Shareholder Rights Directive

SMPG steering committee re-elects Clearstream’s Armin Borries as chair
30 March 2020 Prague
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SMPG was created in July 1998 and since its launch has established a local presence in more than 30 countries through national market practice groups

Sibos: Deutsche Bank further automates custodial services
24 September 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Deutsche Bank Securities Services has further automated its custodial services using distributed ledger technology

Broadridge expands solution for Shareholder Rights Directive
05 June 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Broadridge Financial Solutions has added efficiencies to its solution to support both institutional- and retail-focused intermediaries for global proxy voting, in preparation for the European Commission’s updated Shareholder Rights Directive

Citi and ISS launch high frequency connection for Proxymity voting platform
24 April 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has launched a high frequency connection to Proxymity SM, a digital proxy voting platform, developed through Citi's D10XSM programme, in collaboration with Institutional Shareholder Services