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[ P E O P L E O N T H E M O V E | N E W S R O U N D - U P ] TOP PREMIUM NEWS ˜ ˜ Clearstream will make 200 new ap- pointments to its Cork office in Ireland, with a focus on driving its digitisation business model for fund services. The move comes over three years after Clearstream opened its Cork business following the acquisition of Citco Global Securities Services in October 2014, bringing on 300 employees into its Investment Fund Services (IFS) division. ˜ ˜ MUFG Investor Services has partnered with Point Nine outsourcing platform, Circle, to enhance its mid- dle-office capabilities. The partnership will expand MUFG’s business process outsourcing (BPO) technology offering, in response to increased outsourcing and data demands from fund man- agers. ˜ ˜ BNP Paribas Securities Services will acquire the depositary banking business of Italy’s third largest bank, Banco BPM SpA (BPM) for €200 million. BPM’s depositary bank holds around €22 billion in assets under custody, providing custody, fund ad- ministration and depositary services to Italian funds and institutional clients. ˜ ˜ Dutch asset manager Robeco will make 70