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IQ-EQ to create dedicated funds business in Ireland
02 March 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IQ-EQ will transfer a number of key personnel from the group’s wider UK and Ireland cluster who will hold the role of director and head of fund accounting as part of the fund services expansion

Paul Adamiak returns to TMF Group
01 March 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Adamiak previously worked at TMF Group from 2008 to 2019 as an associate director in the global fund services business line

Nordea agrees referral deal with Citi as it exits Nordics sub-custody market
25 February 2021 Norway
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has entered into a referral arrangement with Nordea amid its exit from the nordic sub-custody business

SIB releases paper on how to issue a central bank digital currency
24 January 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

According to SIB, with the emergence of Bitcoin and the recently proposed digital currencies, central banks have growing competition from actors offering their own digital alternative to physical cash

FundGaurd accelerates AI-powered SaaS platform with new funding round
23 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In addition to securing $12 million in the new funding round, FundGuard is also expanding its executive team

ACSA reveals assets under custody rebound during final six months of 2020
18 February 2021 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The total assets under custody for Australian investors jumped by 7 per cent over the last six months of 2020 to $4 trillion

SEC cracks down on waivers for settlement negotiations
12 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Acting SEC chair Lee says waivers should not be used as a “bargaining chip in settlement negotiations or regarded as an obstacle to be overcome on the way to a settlement”

Mark England returns to Citi following five years at State Street
11 February 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

England returns to Citi from State Street where his most recent role was APAC head of client relationship management

ION Investment Group to acquire DASH Financial Technologies
10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DASH co-founder Peter Marago says the acquisition is “a very exciting moment for our firm as we embark on the next chapter of growth”

Citi to service CSOP Asset Management’s first OFC ETF
08 February 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi will provide custody, fund administration and trustee services for the launch of CSOP’s first exchange-traded funds in the form of an open-ended fund company

BNP Paribas securities services revenues increase on quarterly basis
05 February 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas reported its securities services revenues came in at €2.2 billion for Q4 2020, an increase of the €544 million total in the bank’s Q3 financial results

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR
05 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing