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James Burron has left AIMA
22 January 2018 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

James Burron has left the Alternative Investment Management Association

Asian banks systemic risk on the rise
02 January 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OFR reports systemic importance scores for Asian banks rose for a second year in a row, while G-SIB growth remains steady

RBC added to G-SIB list for 2017
29 November 2017 Basel
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Financial Stability Board has published its 2017 list of globally systemically important banks (G-SIB), with Royal Bank of Canada joining the list and Groupe BPCE exiting

RBC expands agent lender client base
28 November 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

RBC Investor and Treasury Services has been appointed to act as an agent lender for two new asset managers in Canada and Sweden.

Japan earmarks Q2 2019 for T+2 settlement shift
07 November 2017 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Japan has unveiled a “tentative” timeline for its exchanges’ shift from a T+3 to T+2 settlement cycle, with eye towards Q2 2019

Mixed bag for Canadian pension funds Q3 revenue
06 November 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Two of the largest banks in Canada have offered conflicting reports on the country’s pension funds' Q3 revenue figures

SEC praises “smooth” T+2 transition
12 September 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SEC chair Jay Clayton said the move on 5 September “represents a significant accomplishment” for the industry

RBC and IHS Market collaborate on MiFID II research payment solution
12 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Research payments will be administered from RBC-maintained accounts, using IHS Markit’s RPA Manager, at the discretion of each individual firm

North America slims down to T+2
05 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The shorter settlement timeframe also aligns these markets with the EU, which moved to a T+2 settlement cycle in 2014

World’s pension funds return to form in 2016
05 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The top 20 funds by asset size saw a higher increase than the overall ranking, with a 7.1 percent boost to AUM since 2011

Hilltop Securities hires new head of fixed income capital markets
21 August 2017 Dallas
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Friedrich will oversee all aspects of HTS’s fixed income sales, trading and syndication business

Canadian pension fund growth spurt continues
09 August 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

After their foray into negative territory in Q4 2016 (-3.4 percent), Canadian fixed income returns consolidated their recovery from the previous quarter, again posting gains of 1.4 percent