Computershare today announced the appointment Fleur Wood to a new position heading up Investor Relations services to UK Corporates. Wood, former Head of UK Investor Relations at Lehman Brothers, will take up her position with immediate effect. Nick Dawson, managing
Computershare, the Australia based securities registry business, has been selected by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSD & C)to advise it on improving the Chinese securities registration service. A team from Computershare led by Stuart Crosby, Asia Pacific
Euroclear has signed a consultation agreement with the leading CSD in China, the China Securities Depository & Clearing (CSD&C) Corporation. Under the terms of the contract, Euroclear will assess the competitiveness of China's operational infrastructure and will make recommendations to
Deutsche Brse launched Xetra Release 7.0 in cash trading yesterday. The main innovations are technical refinements of the system software as well as the Xetra BEST functionality. The new release was integrated into the Xetra trading participants' systems over the
Shareholders in CRESTCo and Euroclear who are often the same people have confirmed their support for the takeover of CRESTCo by Euroclear. The acquisition was approved by CRESTCo shareholders at a meeting convened by the UK High Court and held
News that Nasdaq Japan is almost certain to abandon the market, following cumulative losses of Yen 5.3 billion since it started trading in June 2000, has sparked concern about the liquidity of stocks listed on the market. The plan is
SWIFT says the migration from the its store and forward network to SWIFTNet began as planned on 15 August with the activation of SWIFTNet FIN. The following day, two customers, one in Hong Kong and one in Belgium, were successfully
Since CREST ended the SWIFT Syntegra duopoly on connections to its platform, a variety of rival providers have entered the marker. But BT Syntegra claimed today that it was holding its own fifty of its customers with contracts up for
The New York Clearing House today published a market research study that investigates the barriers to electronic payments across large, medium and small companies. The study included quantitative interviews and qualitative focus groups. Findings show that there are five key
Royal London Asset Management has become the first fund manager to centrally match a cross border trade live using the Central Trade Manager (CTM), says Thomson Financial DTCC joint venture Omgeo. The first trades were carried out with broker Dresdner