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State Street, Vanguard complete world first blockchain trade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
State Street Digital, Vanguard and Symbiont have completed the first live trade for foreign exchange forward contracts leveraging blockchain technology and smart contracts. The firms have jointly completed the margin calculation process for a live trade ...

Pendal expands Northern Trust mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... services include global custody, fund accounting, financial and regulatory reporting, collateral management, and foreign exchange and middle-office services. Northern Trust's partnership with Pendal subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management began in 2009. ...

Super funds up offshore investments: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... the biggest investment risk in the portfolio after equity market risk. Super funds are increasingly treating foreign exchange as an asset allocation, just as they would for any other asset class, he said. The survey also found that funds that fully hedged ...

BNP Paribas scores new FX mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... which should optimise efficiency of execution and enhance controls. "Northcape was seeking a fully integrated foreign exchange solution that would allow for ease of settlement for their funds and mandates held with several different custodians," BNP ...

Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... Eastern pension and sovereign wealth funds. Buckley was also a private banking relationship manager at Coutts and a foreign exchange associate at Banco Atlantico. "Sandra joins AIST at an important period in the superannuation industry's growth. Increased ...

ASIC looks to extend CFD intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... derivative contract that allows a client to speculate on the change in value of an underlying asset, such as foreign exchange rates, stock market indices, single equities, commodities or crypto assets. ASIC reported that during the first three months ...

Monochrome hires from BNY Mellon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Monochrome Asset Management hired an operations chief who was most recently a foreign exchange lead at BNY Mellon. Based in London for the last 18 years, Jeff Leal joined Monochrome in September as chief operating officer; he also takes on the role ...

Saxo cuts trading costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... from either the long or short side," he said. As part of the price reduction, Saxo is offering a cost saving on foreign exchange conversion fees if investors use its foreign currency account. "Despite new entrants offering zero commission in the market ...

MSCI reviews emerging market classifications

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... investments in Nigerian equities remains extremely difficult for foreign investors due to low liquidity in the Nigerian foreign exchange market, MSCI found. Like Argentina, the MSCI Nigeria Index could be moved to 'standalone market' status if there ...

Macquarie posts $3bn profit, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... electricity supply. Assets under management dropped a marginal 6% to $563.5 billion which Macquarie noted was due to foreign exchange impacts and a reduction in contractual insurance assets in Macquarie Investment Management. Macquarie declared a final ...