MTS Finland was launched today. Oddly, MTS says the Finnish government bond trading platform is structured as a "segment" of MTS Belgium. In other words, MTS Belgium will provide both trading technology and operational services to MTS Finland. MTS says
MTS announced today that MTS Espaa SON is scheduled to go live in mid May. This follows ratification and approval on Friday by the Spanish Government of its application to operate as a regulated electronic trading platform for the Spanish
Cogent Investment Operations Jersey Limited today has been appointed to undertake the administration of Threadneedle's new range of Jersey based funds. The new vehicle, called Threadneedle Jersey Funds Limited, will be in an umbrella structure. The assets of each fund
Georgeson Shareholder today announced the appointment of Tim Marshall to the European board. Tim, who was recently appointed Managing Director of the London office, takes up his position at board level with immediate effect. Marshall is credited with setting up
How long can a securities services industry breathless with excitement about fund management in sourcing do without a man who toiled for twelve years at the operational end of a fund manager before switching to the custody business eight years
Computershare is entering the shareholder tracing business. "Computershare Shareholder Solutions will effectively cut out the middle man and bring a professional approach to an area that has previously been populated by one man bands and bounty hunters," says Jeff Sainsbury,
Where there is a regulation there is a business opportunity. So it is no surprise that Edinburgh based performance analysts, The WM Company, are pleased that the National Association for Pension Funds has urged trustees to arrange for the performance
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein has hired another Deutsche banker, this time in equity hedge fund sales. Jean Pierre Engele, previously with Cross Asset Management as well as Deutsche Bank's relative value sales team, joins as a Director in the Equity Hedge
SEI Investments says its three year old relationship with California based City National Bank is expanding. The bank first selected SEI to administer and distribute its CNI Charter Funds, its family of proprietary mutual funds with $4 billion in assets
The Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) today named seven so called tax havens which continue to resist its attempts to browbeat them into abandoning their right to compete with the tax regimes of the large and rich