Computershare Ltd., the world's largest and only global transfer agent, and a leading service and technology provider for the global securities industry, announced that it has signed a strategic service agreement with Citibank Agency and Trust and is providing services
European and U.S. financial institutions hoping to unlock the potential for U.S. style revolving credit cards in Western Europe will continue to face significant cultural, legislative and technological challenges. New research from TowerGroup's Consumer Credit service finds that though Western
The Liberty Ermitage Group has appointed Mark Hucker as the Group Executive Director Infrastructure responsible for all aspects of operations, finance and compliance, reporting to Ron Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer. He joins from Perpetual where he was Finance Director and
The Benchmark(tm) Investment Analytics group (BIA) of RBC Global Services, Institutional & Investor Services (IIS), announced the release of a new and expanded suite of portfolio universes the Benchmark Universes which will enable institutional investors to better evaluate the performance
News that the Ottoman Bank merger with Garanti Bank, announced in mid October, is going ahead on 19 December will reduce competition for sub custody business in one of the two most closely watched emerging markets of recent times Turkey.
The New York Clearing House announced a major initiative that will provide the first Internet enabled global payments infrastructure needed to support true B2B e commerce. The new functionality will enhance the capabilities of the Clearing House's two core payment
KAS BANK clearing specialist on Euronext Paris KAS BANK is the first General Clearing Member of Euronext that is able to provide clients of the three underlying Euronext exchanges with its services from one portal instead of from three different
ABN Amro has won another custody mandate in its stated target market the insurance sector. XL Winterthur International a subsidiary of the Bermuda based XL insurance and reinsurance group, which purchased Winterthur International from Credit Suisse Group earlier this year
Trafalgar Capital Management, a London based fund manager founded in 1999 and now chaired by former Conservative government minister Lord Strathclyde, has launched a $40 million long short equity fund. Some of the funds were already under management, but the
Omgeo, the joint venture between Thomson Financial ESG and the DTCC, confirmed in late November that SWIFT had accepted it as a key part of the securities market infrastructure. On the face of it, this puts the Omgeo virtual matching