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HSBC appointed as trustee for BlackRock ETF
27 July 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

HSBC has been appointed as trustee for the first master-feeder exchange-traded fund domiciled in Hong Kong

Xignite and SIX partner over real-time market data catalogue feed
24 July 2020 California
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Xignite has partnered with SIX to provide a real-time data catalogue that includes over 1,800 global exchanges and trading venues through the Xignite Enterprise Microservices

Industry ‘weathered the storm’ of COVID-19 better than in previous dislocations
24 July 2020 New York
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust Alternative Fund Services and Hazeltree have partnered to publish a report investigating the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on alternative asset managers

Northern Trust Canada sees strong equity performance in Q2
23 July 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust Canada experienced a strong equity performance in Q2 2020 that allowed Canadian-defined benefit plans to recover most of their investment losses from the first few days of the COVID-19 pandemic

HSBC wins custody mandate to service £43bn in assets
23 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC has been appointed as custodian and fund administrator by ReAssure, the UK life and pensions company

OCC gives green light on cryptocurrency custody services
23 July 2020 Washington DC
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has declared that national banks and federal savings associations have the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their clients

Northern Trust sees assets under custody increase for Q2
23 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Northern Trust has reported a 7 percent year-on-year growth in assets under custody and/or administration to $12.1 trillion, according to its Q2 2020 figures

IHS Markit and Cassini partner to automate margin estimate calculations
23 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

IHS Markit has partnered with Cassini Systems to automate margin estimate calculations on its multi-asset investment management platform thinkFolio

Maples Group set to enhance fund services via IHS Markit platform
23 July 2020 Cayman Islands
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Maples Group will offer enhanced fund services for private debt and credit funds through integrated IHS Markit loan data feeds

NatWest continues fund partnership with Ardian
22 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services will continue its partnership with Ardian over fund depositary services in the UK and Luxembourg

TelstraSuper reappoints J.P. Morgan as custodian
22 July 2020 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The extension of this mandate follows an evaluation of the market and an assessment of which custodian was best placed to meet the $21 billion fund’s increasing strategic needs

WFE calls for crypto asset taxonomy
22 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The World Federation of Exchanges has called for a response to the development of global stablecoins by creating a common taxonomy to better cover crypto assets