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Major investment banks and asset managers partake in landmark blockchain pilot

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Digital Asset’s blockchain network Canton has completed a pilot involving a large group of major investment banks and asset managers demonstrating interoperability of independent distributed ledger applications (dApps) in the capital markets domain.

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MetLife IM set to acquire investment teams managing $6 billion from Mesirow

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MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, an independent financial services firm. Nearly $6 billion of assets managed by the acquired team will transfer to MIM, under the terms of the transaction.

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People Moves Monday: RBC, UBS, Balyasny Asset Management and more…

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James Hilton was appointed multi-asset managing director in RBC’s low touch team, joining from Credit Suisse, where he had been serving as head of sales for EMEA for the bank’s advanced execution sales (AES) team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2006, Hilton spent six years at UBS Investment Bank as a director.

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People Moves Monday: Investec, BMO Capital Markets and BNP Paribas AM

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He originally joined Liberum eight months ago from Numis Securities – now Deutsche Numis, following its acquisition by the bank last year. Joe Wald, BMO Capital Marketsmanaging director and co-head of electronic trading left the bank, departing after four years in his most recent role, according to an update on his social media.

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Deutsche Bank set to expand investment banking remit in South Korea

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Deutsche Bank has re-entered the local DCM in South Korea as it expands its investment banking capabilities in the region in a bid to support its local clients in accessing global debt capital markets. It also provides asset management services to its South Korean clients through Deutsche Bank subsidiary, DWS.

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FIS acquires post-trade platform Torstone Technology

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The deal will further bolster FIS’ capital markets technology offering, having acquired SunGard in a major deal back in 2015. trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton outsourcing its entire global transfer agency (TA) operations to FinTech FIS.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

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I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021.

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