All Securities Services articles – Page 10
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Features
Shot in the arm for pooling
Shell Asset Management Company’s decision to award a multinational pooling mandate to JPMorgan is expected to trigger more big deals. But Iain Morse finds there may be hurdles in the way
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EU settlement target closer
The ECB pushes on with its Target2 Securities project after most of the euro central securities depositories agree to embrace the settlement platform when it launches. Helen McKenzie reports
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FeaturesUnclear on clearing
As new pan-European trading platforms get ready for launch, Heather McKenzie reports on the lack of coherence in European clearing
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FeaturesFeeling comfortable with shorts
In 2003 the two biggest Dutch pension funds pulled out of stocklending because they feared that short selling was contributing to market instability. Five years on, some are suggesting that European pension funds should do likewise
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FeaturesDark pools
Pirkko Juntunen throws light on the alternative trading systems that are catching on in Europe
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Clearing the way for cross-border settlement
Ahead of a final decision, expected in June, regarding approval of the Target2 Securities (T2S) initiative of the European Central Bank (ECB), European clearing and settlement organisations appear to accept it as a reality. T2S is a securities settlement system based on the Target2 real time gross settlement system for ...
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Special ReportChanges in security services
Outsourcing has become an important issue for master KAGs but, as Heather McKenzie finds, it works both ways
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Staff thin on the ground
The scarcity of experienced back office staff is a major driver of the uptake outsourcing services by both buy side and sell side institutions. With investment managers and pension funds becoming ever more sophisticated in their investment strategies, back offices are struggling to cope with the added processing burdens being ...
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FeaturesUnlocking the buyout market
The UK’s pension buyout sector has generated attention and controversy in almost equal measure. Joseph Mariathasan discusses business models and future trends with leading players
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Preparing for settlement migration
This year could be a watershed for settlement in Europe. The European Central Bank (ECB) will decide in July whether to procede with the development of its euro-zone settlement system, Target2 Securities (T2S). Meanwhile, international central securities depository (ICSD) Euroclear plans to finish the roll-out of Euronext zone securities (Eses). ...
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Special ReportFiduciary management
In the Netherlands, fiduciary management for pension funds has become common. According to a recent survey by the advisory firm KPMG, of the 80% of schemes with fully contracted out asset management, one third has a fiduciary manager. But funds that have already appointed a fiduciary manager may also appoint ...
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Dividing core tasks
The increasingly complexity of the pensions environment is driving trustees to look at outsourcing more of their fund services. Rachel Fixsen reports
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An evolving market of smooth transitions
Heather McKenzie talks to providers of transition management services and finds a variety of approaches being adopted
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Continuing an upward trend
Dublin’s securities services infrastructure is showing continued growth in niche areas such as alternatives, as Heather McKenzie finds
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Getting the message across
Bridging the communications gap between provider and member is a difficult task, Julie Henderson finds
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Euroclear edges towards conformity
Euroclear has taken another step in its aim to harmonise clearing and settlement in the countries it covers on to a single platform.
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The index issue
MSCI Barra has responded to the new-found interest in frontier markets with the launch of a dedicated frontier markets index.
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Taking to custody
Heather McKenzie finds that the wide variety of CEE markets, from Russia to Albania, are waking up to the need for financial infrastructure
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Inefficiencies at the heart of Europe
When it comes to post-trading there seems little harmony across Europe, with different models in different countries. Heather McKenzie looks at ways in which these processes might be improved
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Custodians warm to Spain
Good fundamentals are attracting securities services providers but there are hurdles for non-resident investors, writes Heather McKenzie
