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Accelex appoints new chairman
09 September 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Accelex has appointed Steve Husk to the board of directors as chairman

UMB appointed custodian by mutual funds manager
08 September 2020 Kansas City
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

E-Valuator has selected the institutional custody division of UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation, to administer custody services to its mutual funds

Tradition selects Deutsche Bank to provide custody services for Turkish market
08 September 2020 Ankara
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Deutsche Bank has partnered with Tradition London Clearing to provide the brokerage firm’s institutional clients with custody and settlement services in the Turkish fixed income securities market

Torstone and Tosho partner over Japanese CSD connectivity
08 September 2020 Tokyo
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Torstone Technology has partnered with Tosho Computer Systems to administer connectivity to the Japan Securities Depository Center, the central securities depository for Japan

Intertrust expands Australian offering
08 September 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Intertrust Group has expanded its Australian service offering to cover regulated trustee, custody and escrow services

SteelEye names new chief operating officer
08 September 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SteelEye has appointed Rob Friend as chief operating officer, effective immediately

Kaizen acquires MDM Compliance Systems as disclosure service
08 September 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Kaizen Reporting has acquired MDM Compliance Systems, a provider of shareholding disclosure management, monitoring and reporting solutions

SmartStream launches derivatives registry service ahead of MiFID II deadline
08 September 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SmartStream Technologies has launched a derivatives component for its systematic internaliser registry service, which is designed to help clients meet the 15 September deadline for the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

Milestone bolsters APAC presence with senior hire
08 September 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Milestone Group has appointed Marian Azar to the newly-created role of managing director for Asia Pacific, based in Sydney

CSDR: ICMA calls for the removal of the requirement to appoint buy-in agent
07 September 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In a briefing note, ICMA outlined that as part of the broader review of the CSDR mandatory buy-in framework, the requirement to appoint a buy-in agent should be removed

Opinion: AIFMD Review
07 September 2020 London
Reporter: Guest Writer: Tony Freeman

At first glance, last week’s publication of a letter about AIFMD from ESMA to the EC doesn’t seem like big news. Isn’t AIFMD a somewhat obscure piece of legislation that is a minority interest? Not really

Northern Trust names senior appointments for Middle East and Africa business
07 September 2020 Riyadh
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Northern Trust has bolstered its Middle East and Africa senior management team in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia