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May
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive may mark the beginning of the end of sub-custody networks. But not all global custodians believe this will be the case, finds Paul Golden
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BCS Financial Group has appointed Dipak Rajani as director of international prime brokerage sales
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The asset manager is to acquire MGPA as part of plans to expand its real estate investment offerings in Asia Pacific and Europe
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The FX survey will run for four weeks
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As news hits the headlines about JPMorgan shutting down its transition management business, Global Investor/ISF learns the bank is keeping its Australia business open
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Andrew Sheen talks to David Schofield, president of
international division, Intech, and Adam Patti, chief
executive of IndexIQ, about active and passive methods
to access low volatility investments
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BNY Mellon’s newly-created CSD will comply with the Eurosystem’s T2S project
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JPMorgan Asset Management predicts growth in demand for convertible securities
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Old Mutual's Peter Bain talks to Andrew Sheen about the benefits of the multi-boutique asset management model and restructuring for growth
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The UAE is leading the GCC recovery following its encouragement of investment from emerging markets
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Swift Index forecasts UK and EU GDP growth, slowdown in US
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Lou Lebedin was JPMorgan's global prime brokerage head until May last year. Ex-Citi Gerald Muldoon joins him at the firm
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Ucits funds increase, London accounts for 18% of global hedge fund capital
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Asset managers’ attempts to reinvent themselves as asset allocators is skin deep, says Anthony Hilton
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Finadium’s new paper suggests that single stock futures are starting to come into the limelight
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Moody’s raises rating to Baa3 from Ba1
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Some US beneficial owners have decided to move to a non-custodial third-party agent after experiencing problems with their custodial lenders. Stephanie Baxter reports
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The securities finance industry is worried it could be hammered by the FTT but the European Commission has bigger concerns on its plate, says Stephanie Baxter
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The Polish and Russian CSDs will begin building an operational link following the signing of a memorandum of understanding
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PineBridge Investments has strengthened its Mena and Turkey private equity team with the appointment of Wael Aburida as CIO
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SPDR ETFs has launched two new dividend ETFs on the Deutsche Borse, bumping up the number of its European exchange-listed ETFs
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The Global Investor/ISF global custody survey produced three overall winners
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The results of the Global Investor/ISF global custody survey 2013 are now live
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Global Investor/ISF reveals the results of its global custody survey 2013
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JPMorgan AM launches first such fund in the UK aimed at HNW clients
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Asset owners, asset managers and banks were asked to rate their global custody providers.
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Julien Cuminet is now head of asset and fund services at BNP Paribas Securities Services
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BNY Mellon will provide middle- and back-office solutions to $3.1bn assets
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Move aimed at protecting existing investors
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Despite recent concerns in the US about systemic risks of funding less liquid assets through tri-party repo, this market is still an important source of funding, says Fitch
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Reductions in allocations to commodities, emerging market stocks, eurozone equities, says BAML's fund manager survey
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Tim Healy joins from Credit Suisse
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Equities still in favour, slowdown in gold outfloows
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Peart left Aon Hewitt last June
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Investec Wealth & Investment sees client exposure increasing year-on-year
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Platform allows clients to mitigate collateral management risks and costs
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Assets invested globally rise to $2.13trn, according to ETFGI
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Transport for London Pension Fund has re-elected JPMorgan to act as its global custodian
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Most investors believe emerging markets will improve this year, according to Franklin Templeton’s new survey
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Mark Monahan will lead the new subsidiary
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Edwards has decided not to take a new position in the company’s new structure
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The custodian has hired Wells Fargo's Lance Wargo
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Rerating is unpopular with borrowers but it gives lenders extra benefit, panellists discuss at the Casla conference
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Citi to provide third-party administration for emerging market fund
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Simon Luhr has been involved in securities lending since its infancy. Now the CEO of a hedge fund firm, he tells Stephanie Baxter why he believes the industry is
still heading in the right direction
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He was the bank’s Asia head of securities lending and borrowing
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Beneficial owners are still happy to lend their securities but regulation will increasingly determine the shape of their programmes
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James Templeman relocates to New York to head up the desk
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Acts as delegate, principal paying agent on first Turkish-only private sector international tier two sukuk
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Firms go live with collateral management service
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2013 valuation of £4.7bn fund at around 95% funding level
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Pensions Infrastructure Platform is looking for investment managers for its target £2bn assets
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SEI Master Trust offers flexible and efficient solution for defined contribution benefits
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Collateral management is at a high risk of becoming a commodity, says SIX Securities Services
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The new market data and services business aims to drive innovation and growth
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Icma paper stresses systemic importance of collateral and the role of the repo market
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Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation fires legal broadside at US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Matthias Papenfuß replaces outgoing chairman Joel Merere
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The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is intrusively moving into overseas jurisdictions. It is starting to meet opposition, finds Ceri Jones
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Global Investor/ISF has extended the deadline for its Investment Excellence Awards 2013 until the end of this week
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Alfi has strengthened its relationship with the Chinese fund industry
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Year-to-date outflows now stand at $17.9bn, according to BlackRock
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The asset management firm hires 22 emerging market debt professionals
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Builds on relationship with Allianz Global Investors
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State Street finds pension schemes face a 'difficult' regulatory burden
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The conservative kingdom is opening up to foreign investors. But the authorities know the attractiveness of their market and will not be rushed, finds James Gavin
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Client clearing to be added to OTC derivatives clearing service
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Hedge fund sales director to take new position
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Lonsdale had worked at the bank for six years
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The OCC’s securities lending activity rose again in April
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High frequency trading is under severe scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, finds Anna Reitman
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Decimus Capital Markets’ Haim Bodek speaks to Anna Reitman about equity market reform in the US and what it might mean for other regions
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Trading volumes rise almost 150% on 2012 levels
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Market conditions are forcing prime brokers to re-imagine their business models. Neil A O'Hara investigates emergence of close partnerships and no-frills services
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The guide is aimed at beneficial owners deciding whether or not to lend their securities
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Barry Withnell left Commerzbank earlier this year
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The new service is aimed at helping asset managers with their fee and commission processing
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The papers examine the role of CCPs in the financial system
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JP Morgan survey shows increasing demand and skew to boutiques
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Three month ban on shorting financial stocks imposed
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Northern Trust survey finds increasing interest among investors
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Relaunch of PSX to enhance market liquidity
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UBS's Graeme Wood will work across operational risk and regulatory project management
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The new report examines financial threats to the US and markets
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April
On the ground expertise and funds launched in key emerging market
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Preqin data shows high demand for traditional equity funds
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Creation of specialist family office structure and tax guidance
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Chris Hogg to replace Gerry Degaute
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The custodian will provide services for Russia’s first ETF
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Former Goldman partner to lead Asia-Pacific delta one desk
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FinEx ETF sees big opportunities in the Russian market
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The businesses span seven CEE markets and represent $143bn in assets under custody
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William Blair & Company has chosen the custodian to support its Luxembourg-domiciled Fonds Commun de Placement
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Hedge funds and institutional investors are invited to take part in the Global Investor/ISF synthetic finance survey 2013
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The Asian bank has joined Euroclear’s Collateral Highway
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The new paper considers how Basel III is shaping securities finance
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Global Investor/ISF has started new discussion forums on Linkedin for European asset management and Australian securities lending
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Markus Steiner will become head of the bank’s Global Services business in Switzerland
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Customers of tri-party repo and securities lending providers are invited to take part in the annual survey until May 1
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Nearly 40% of institutions said they had no access to a collateral optimisation system, according to a poll at Clearstream's Asia conference
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The addition of iShares’ ETFs on Euroclear’s fund processing platform will help Dutch investors to buy ETFs in a similar way to mutual funds
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Cambridge University’s Professor Raghavendra Rau compares the two strategies
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The custodian is working closely with SWIFT in response to higher regulatory demands for collateral protection
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The custodian will provide services to Bank Hapoalim and Poalim Sahar
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Customers of tri-party repo and securities lending providers are invited to take part in the annual survey until Wednesday May 1