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CME Group welcomes Dagha as senior director
27 June 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Altaz Dagha joins the firm as senior director of BrokerTec, where he will focus on US treasuries client relationship management

BIS establishes Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement with People’s Bank of China
27 June 2022 APAC
Reporter: Bob Currie

The RMBLA will provide liquidity support through a reserve pooling scheme, whereby participating central banks will contribute a minimum of RMB 15 billion, and will have access to funds from this pool and via a collateralised liquidity window

FINRA fines National Securities Corporation for Reg SHO breaches and other failings
24 June 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

NSC has been instructed to pay approximately US$9 million in fines for a sequence of violations which includes attempting to influence the IPO aftermarket and for failing to obtain locates for short sale transactions under Regulation SHO

Mark Gem retained as ECSDA chair as association elects its new board
24 June 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Central Depositories Association has voted in Guillaume Eliet and Indars Aščuks as its vice-chairs for a three-year term, with Georg Zinner becoming treasurer

Citi appoints Joe Bonanno to Securities Services team
24 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has appointed Joe Bonanno as global head of data, digital and innovation for Securities Services

Jenkin joins BNP Paribas as head of prime services technology
24 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Based in London, John Jenkin will report to Adalbert de Broglie, chief information officer, global markets at BNP Paribas

Coinbase Prime and TS Imagine connect to offer regulated cryptocurrency trading for institutional clients
24 June 2022 US
Reporter: SFT

The relationship will allow institutional clients to trade cryptocurrencies via TS Imagine’s TradeSmart platform and to manage cross-asset investments within its SaaS platform

Natixis hires Castillo
23 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Jorge Castillo joins Natixis CIB Americas as equity finance trader on the global securities finance, Delta One desk

BitGo hires Adam Sporn
22 June 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Sporn will lead a US sales team that provides institutional customers with regulated custody, financing and execution services from a single platform

OCC names Andrej Bolkovic as CEO-elect
22 June 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

OCC has appointed Andrej Bolkovic as CEO-elect, succeeding John Davidson who will retire in the first half of 2023

BIS names Luis Bengoechea deputy head of banking
22 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

The Bank for International Settlements has appointed Luis Bengoechea as deputy head of banking

Euronext Clearing implements VaR-based margin methodology
22 June 2022 The Netherlands
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Euronext Clearing has introduced a new value-at-risk-based margin methodology for government bonds traded on MTS cash and repo platforms, as well as on MOT, EuroTLX and Hi-MTF platforms