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Citi becomes first custodian to operate domestic custody services in China
30 July 2021 China
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has launched domestic securities investment fund custody services in China after receiving final approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to operate fund custody services in the country

Ocorian hires US business development head
23 July 2021 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Ocorian has appointed Marc van Rijckevorsel as head of business development for US corporate and fund services, based in New York

Citi appoints Rahul Saraf as head of its investment bank in India
23 July 2021 India
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Rahul Saraf has been appointed head of investment banking for Citi’s India office after 16 years at the company

Citi launches real-time liquidity sharing in Asian markets
22 July 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Bob Currie

The latest addition to Citi’s Liquidity Optimisation product, the service goes live initially in six Asian markets

J.P. Morgan appoints Gerard Francis to take on new Data Solutions business
14 July 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“As the needs of asset managers and asset owners continue to evolve, J.P. Morgan is investing in the people, technology and capabilities to help its clients achieve their strategic growth objectives," says Teresa Heitsenrether

BNY Mellon enhances digital solutions with new acquisition
08 July 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNY Mellon is set to enhance its digital solutions capabilities with the planned acquisition of Milestone Group

Citi to provide transfer agency services for Income Partners
05 July 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We are excited to be able to support one of Asia’s leading fixed income specialists here in Hong Kong as they operate their first northbound mutual fund," comments Julie Kerr

James von Moltke appointed chair of Euro risk-free rates working group
02 July 2021 Euro area
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA says that Deutsche Bank’s von Moltke will take over from ING’s Tanate Phutrakul in leading the EUR RFR group

American Ventures Partners picks Apex Group for fund solutions
02 July 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

As part of this mandate, Apex will deliver fund administration, tax compliance and related corporate services to support American Ventures

Ocorian acquires Nordic Trustee
25 June 2021 Norway
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Ocorian explains that the transaction reflects its strategy to further build its capital markets offering

Six global banks to leverage SWIFT’s new transaction management platform
24 June 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The six banks are all preparing to use the platform’s expanded capabilities to enable new services, improve efficiency and reduce costs when the platform goes live in November 2022

HQLA^x receives funding from J.P Morgan
22 June 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The funding will be used for accelerating market adoption of the HQLA^x platform by expanding product scope and functionality, while further extending connectivity to the industry