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‘Exceptional year’ for EFAMA
14 March 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Last year was an “exceptional year” for the European investment fund industry, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) Q4 2017 results

SS&C acquires North American fund administration from CACEIS
13 March 2018 Connecticut
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SS&C Technologies Holdings (SS&C) has entered into an agreement to acquire CACEIS North America, the fund administration business of CACEIS, based in Toronto and New York

Karen Loria joins Nomura
13 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Karen Loria has joined Nomura taking on a role in the firm’s securities lending middle office operations

EXCLUSIVE: Delta Capita forms alliance with The Field Effect
13 March 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Delta Capita and The Field Effect have teamed up to address transformational change and regulatory requirement initiatives including the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation

NY Fed releases longest repo time series data
13 March New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released the longest time series of a given repo rate to date

AcadiaSoft launches collateral management solution
13 March 2018 Boston
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

CollateralManager allows firms to customise dashboards with inventory management, collateral optimisation and margin call communication capabilities

Deutsche Börse introduces candidates for election to its supervisory board
12 March 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The board will nominate Martin Jetter, Barbara Lambert and Joachim Nagel as candidates to succeed three retiring shareholder representatives

State Street appoints new China head
12 March 2018 Beijing
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in Beijing, Lou will be responsible for managing the State Street’s global services business and leading the firm’s China strategy

WEF creates consortium to address fintech cybersecurity
12 March 2018 Geneva
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The consortium’s founding members will include Citigroup, Zurich Insurance Group, DTCC and fintech lender, Kabbage

ESMA publishes CCP consultation responses
09 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ESMA has published a range of responses to the consultation on its draft guidelines on procyclicality-mitigating margin measures for CCPs

Voya slapped with fine for securities lending conflict
09 March 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Barney Dixon

The SEC has fined Voya Holdings $3.6 million for conflicts of interest and misleading disclosures that were detrimental to its customers

ESMA updates EMIR validation rules
09 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The rules relate to the revised technical standards on reporting under article 9 of EMIR