State Street has entered into an agreement to make the LoopFX functionality available through FX Connect, part of the GlobalLink suite of e-trading platforms, technology and workflow solutions. LoopFX is creating a new liquidity venue for large spot FX trades by centralising peer-to-peer matching with bank interest. This will enable traders to identify, in real-time,…
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Northern Trust develops carbon credit exchange
Northern Trust has completed the first stage toward an industry-wide voluntary carbon credit ecosystem that would allow institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. This follows Northern Trust’s milestone of completing fully automated transactions on the initial MVP digital carbon credit platform it has developed with carbon avoidance and removal project…
Citco expands client collaboration platform
Citco, the asset servicing provider to the alternative investment industry, has made the Citco Collaboration Platform available to a wider range of private markets clients, and added further functionality. The platform, which allows clients to carry out a variety of interactions with Citco through a single window via CitcoOne, now serves not only private equity…
Northern’s FOS gains global mandates
Northern Trust has reported an expanding global presence for its Front Office Solutions (FOS) business, with the addition of new clients in EMEA. FOS has recently been deployed by three organisations – an asset manager, a university endowment and a pension fund – in EMEA with approximately USD75bn in assets. Globally, FOS has nearly USD500bn…
Standard Custody partners with GSR
Standard Custody & Trust Company, the regulated limited purpose trust company and qualified custodian owned by PolySign, is working with GSR Markets Limited, a digital asset liquidity provider and trading firm, to support its escrow services. Standard Custody has created an escrow solution that clients can leverage through its collaboration with GSR and other trading…
Formidium launches tax module
Formidium, a U.S.-based provider of fund technology and back-office solutions, has released a tax allocations and returns module for its fund accounting software, Seamless. The tax allocations module streamlines the process of tax allocations, federal/state returns preparation, tax schedules such as K1s, and returns such as 1099s and 1042s, for SPVs, hedge funds, venture funds,…
Xceptor and Taskize form partnership
Xceptor, a data automation platform provider, and Taskize, the Euroclear-owned provider of inter-company workflow, have formed a partnership to supply financial institutions and energy firms with improved counterparty experiences and operational efficiencies. The partnership combines Taskize’s ability to reduce the volume of operational emails and provide greater clarity and real-time management information, with Xceptor’s platform…
TMF expands in Malta
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of business administration services, plans to acquire Avanzia Taxand in Malta. Avanzia Taxand provides tax advisory and tax compliance services, as well as a suite of corporate services, including domiciliation, accounting and directorship. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
HSBC launches ETF platform
HSBC has launched ETF Platform Solutions, its new end-to-end platform providing asset servicing solutions to ETF issuers globally. Under a single offering, ETF issuers will have access to HSBC’s markets & securities services capabilities, such as: ETF order management, PCF production, and custom ETF NAV attribution analysis; AP services including ETF seeding and HSBC’s ETF…
HIGHVERN hires from Intertrust
HIGHVERN, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Daniel Jaffe as group head of institutional services, based in London. He was most recently at Intertrust.