Apex wins full-service mandate from frontier markets fund manager Frontera Capital Group
Frontera will utilise Apex’s single-source solution with a unified point of contact across all aspects and operational demands of the fund.
Tag: Frontier markets
Information strain for network managers shows industry-wide need for digital solutions
The unprecedented wave of market updates network managers had to deliver to clients have sparked demands for markets to adopt permanent digitalisation efforts.
Clearstream opens direct link to Romanian equities market
The new link is part of Clearstream’s wider strategy to link emerging and frontier markets to its international central securities depository (ICSD) structure.
Clearstream launches project to improve clearing and settlement in emerging and frontier markets
The project aims to analyse current post-trade mechanisms in EMDCs and come up with a set of best practices for local market regulators.
Tokenisation could be the unlikely saviour for asset managers
Digitisation of assets could enable fund managers to access hard-to-reach markets, as the continue to combat the drain on traditional active management.
African frontier markets at odds over building CCPs
Clearing houses are often seen as best practice for frontier and emerging markets to attract inbound capital, however some African markets are not convinced.
What’s in a name?
Are distinctions between developed, emerging and frontier markets still useful? asks Richard Schwartz, as Global Custodian prepares to publish its annual emerging markets survey.
HSBC secures global custody mandate for frontier asset manager
HSBC Securities Services has emerged as one of the most-used sub-custodians for Asian and Middle East frontier markets.
State Street acquires FX TCA startup BestX
State Street makes another move into front office trading technology with acquisition of FX TCA provider BestX.
GC’s frontier markets survey results go live
GC’s latest Agent Banks in Frontier Markets Survey is now available for subscribers.