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Bosonic forms cross-custodian net settlement working group
10 June 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Decentralised financial market infrastructure Bosonic has launched the Bosonic Cross-Custodian Net Settlement Working Group, which includes a global network of digital asset custodians, exchanges and banks

Ottawa’s Tradex Management picks RBC I&TS for investor services
02 June 2022 Canada
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Investor-owned fund manager Tradex Management has selected RBC Investor & Treasury Services to provide its full suite of back-office investor services, including custody, fund accounting, securities lending and transfer agency

Gresham Technologies appoints McGowen as senior sales executive
19 May 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Robert McGowen will join the firm’s New York office where he will aid firms in addressing regulatory compliance challenges involving FINRA’s Consolidated Audit Trail and Dodd-Frank reforms

FactSet appoints Joel Kornblum to facilitate ecosystem growth
19 April 2022 Canada
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

FactSet has appointed Joel Kornblum to work with the partnerships and alliances team to help expand the firm’s ecosystem

Commonwealth Bank of Australia joins LCH SA
06 April 2022 France
Reporter: Jamie Wallace

CBA joins LCH SA, becoming the first Australian financial institution to join the Paris-based clearing house

KOR secures CFTC approval
05 April 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Trade data processing and management platform for derivatives markets, KOR, has been registered as a licenced regulatory Swap Data Repository for all asset classes and client segments by US regulator CFTC

Euroclear and Clearstream halt settlements for Russian securities
02 March 2022 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream are no longer accepting Russian ruble as a settlement currency on their international central securities depositories in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Standard Chartered Hong Kong to acquire RBC Investor Services Hong Kong
12 January 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) is to acquire RBC Investor Services Trust Hong Kong Limited, subject to regulatory approval

BMO Capital Markets expands with senior hires
05 January 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Thomas Guagliardo and Robert Luzzo have joined BMO Capital Markets as managing directors to build the firm’s US prime brokerage business

EXCLUSIVE: FinOptSys hires John Stancati
21 December 2021 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Stancati will lead new product development, while helping to grow the securities finance platform’s capabilities at its Toronto office

Davies acquires Sionic
07 December 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Headquartered in London, Sionic specialises in technology transformation and digitalisation, international regulatory compliance, and risk management

Broadridge launches ESG Performance Dashboard
15 November 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The dashboard offers companies a view of sustainability and ESG ratings as well as rankings and benchmarking performance against peers and their industry