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IMG
Regulation, February 2016
ESMA updates on supervisory work on closet index tracking
ESMA is concerned "Closet indexing" may harm investors as they are not receiving the service or risk/return profile they expect based on the fund’s disclosure documents while potentially paying higher fees compared to those typically charged for passive (...)
IMG
Note, January 2016
International central bank committees release reports on fixed income markets
The CGFS report, Fixed income market liquidity, finds signs of greater fragility, with liquidity conditions being more susceptible to disruptions, such as sudden stops of liquidity in key segments of the market and a deterioration of market depth (...)
IMG
Regulation, January 2016
ESMA publishes letter from European Commission on AIFMD passport
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the letter it received from the European Commission (EC) in respect of its advice on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs, and ESMA’s (...)
IMG
Regulation, January 2016
ESMA issues MiFID II guidelines on cross-selling practices
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Guidelines on Cross-Selling Practices under MiFID II (guidelines) to ensure investors are treated fairly when an investment firm offers two or more financial products or services as part of a (...)
IMG
Regulation, December 2015
European swap clearing to start in June 2016
Firms will have to centrally clear certain classes of interest rate swaps starting from 21 June 2016. The clearing obligation in the Europe Union (EU) will enter into force following the publication of the relevant technical standards in the Official Journal on 1 December (...)

Operational Support

IMG
News, March 2017
KBC Asset Management selects Axioma’s Risk Solutions for Equities
Axioma, a leading provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, has entered into an agreement with KBC Asset Management (KBC), to provide Belgium’s largest investment manager with a risk management and portfolio optimization (...)
IMG
News, March 2017
Turquoise selects QuantHouse to extend Turquoise Plato™ midpoint matching services across Europe
QuantHouse, the global provider of innovative market data services, trading and infrastructure solutions, today announced that Turquoise® has extended the QuantHouse real-time primary market data feeds to its Turquoise Plato™ midpoint matching (...)
IMG
News, January 2017
Axioma Completes the Acquisition of ConceptONE’s Risk-Reporting Unit
Axioma reported the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the risk-reporting unit of ConceptONE, a global provider of back-office investment services. The transaction follows Axioma’s acquisition of ConceptONE’s regulatory-reporting unit in March. Terms were (...)
IMG
News, July 2016
MST selects CACEIS as depositary for two closed-end ship funds
CACEIS will be acting as depositary for the first two mutual ship funds under the German KAGB investment act. The two closed-end funds, “MS Marguerita” and “MS Tanja”, will both be managed by “MST AIFM Eins Fondsmanager GmbH”, which is the investment management company of “MST (...)
IMG
News, July 2016
Axioma Releases New Functionality for Multi-Asset Class Portfolio Optimization
New version of Axioma Portfolio Optimizer uses multi-asset class risk models from Axioma Risk Provides state-of-the-art construction tools for an increasingly multi-asset class investing environment
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