Alantra, a specialist in investment banking and asset management, has expanded its Equities practice with the addition of André Pereira-Ambrosio as Managing Director, who will head the firm’s ECM activity in the Iberian market.

Bedford Row Capital (BRC), a global non-bank structuring specialist, has launched an 18-month inflation-linked sukuk. The notes will be EUR, CHF, USD and GBP, denominated Insured Money Market Certificates (IMMCTM) and will be open to investment from 14 October 2020.

Imperial College Business School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU) have launched the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC), Singapore’s first research institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development.

GHD has expanded its operations into Singapore, in line with its strategy to expand its Advisory offering in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market. 

Global telecoms operator BSO has launched a new Radio Frequency (RF) network route for those trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Nasdaq CXC. 

BNY Mellon has been re-appointed by the Swedish state pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) to provide global custody and associated services, continuing a 14-year relationship.

FlexTrade Systems' client KGI Securities is to launch the KGI MaxxTrader’s electronic foreign exchange (FX) pricing and trading engine in Singapore.

ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions for financial services firms, has launched an enhanced anti-money laundering (AML) solution. 

The Bank of England has fuelled speculation over whether it will introduce negative interest rates in the UK by asking banks to detail how ready they are to deal with rates going negative.

Janus Henderson Investors has launched an Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Fund for institutional investors.