SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. has appointed Punit Satsangi to the position of Managing Director of Business Development, EMEA. In this position, Satsangi will report to Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, International, David Reid, and will be responsible for driving the continued growth and success of the company’s presence in Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Satsangi commented, “I am excited to join the leader in cloud computing, software and services for the global financial services industry. SS&C offers customers a vision of the future in financial services, featuring the best in mobility and cloud services. SS&C has a tremendous opportunity to simplify how financial services organizations manage operations, leveraging its world-class technology and services.”

Satsangi has fulfilled a variety of roles including Vice President of European Product Development, Executive Director of JP Morgan Worldwide Security Hedge Fund Services and most recently the Executive Director – Head of EMEA Complex Deal Management. 

LCH.Clearnet SA (LCH.Clearnet) today announces the launch of its international CDSClear service, an extension to the established domestic French offering launched in March 2010.  CDSClear now offers an innovative, multi-jurisdictional CDS clearing framework.

Managing Agency Partners Ltd (MAP), the independent Lloyd's of London underwriter, has become the latest insurer to sign up to ClusterSeven’s solution for governance and insight into unstructured financial data.

M&G Investment Management have successfully upgraded to a fully SWIFT-integrated configuration of CAMS, announced Trace Financial, supplier of the comprehensive Corporate Actions Management System.

Baring Asset Management (Barings), the international investment management firm, has appointed Eric Poon to the role of Regional Head of Institutional Business, Asia ex Japan and Alexander Garton to the role of Director, Client Service and Relationship Development, effective immediately.

BNP Paribas Securities Services today announced that it has appointed Viraj Kulkarni as head of Securities Services in India. Mr Kulkarni will drive the custodian’s business activities in the booming Indian market, which include custody and clearing, transfer agency and domestic fund services for buy- and sell-side institutions.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today handed down a judgment in favour of German, Spanish, Belgian and US investment funds.