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Russia’s central bank restricts short selling
25 February 2022 Russia
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of Russia has imposed a ban on short selling that came into effect on Thursday 24 February and will remain until further notice

Hanne Jepsen joins VERMEG
24 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Jepsen is positioned as VERMEG’s sales executive and will be covering client activity in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa

LCH SA links EquityClear to Cboe Europe and Aquis Exchange Europe
24 February 2022 France
Reporter: SFT

By connecting to additional European trading venues, LCH aims to extend netting, margining and operational efficiencies available to users of its Paris-based equity clearing service

NGX targets digital transformation
24 February 2022 Nigeria
Reporter: SFT

Since its demutualisation in March 2021, the Nigerian exchange has targeted a digital transformation agenda and growth of exchange-traded derivatives, securities lending and green finance markets

Global class action securities litigation tops US$3 billion, says Broadridge report
23 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Among the identified trends in the report, there was a rise in SPAC and cryptocurrency-related securities litigation, the first of which was the Block.one settlement

CalPERS hires Nicole Musicco as chief investment officer
22 February 2022 California
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Musicco is only the second woman to lead the investment operations at CalPERS and will direct more than 300 investment professionals

Standard Chartered appoints global heads to lead business banking
22 February 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Xie Wen will act as global head of business banking and Mohamed Keraine as global head of digital for its consumer, private and business banking business

Kaizen appoints Rory McLaren as chief product officer
22 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Based in London, McLaren will work across all Kaizen companies to promote product strategy and management

LSEG to pay US$325m for TORA
22 February 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

London Stock Exchange Group will acquire OMS, execution and portfolio management technology specialist TORA, subject to regulatory approval. The purchase is expected to be finalised in H2, with TORA joining LSEG’s Data and Analytics division

GCEX sets up office in Kuala Lumpur
22 February 2022 Malaysia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lars Holst, founder and CEO of GCEX (pictured), says, “Expanding our global footprint into Asia is a significant development for GCEX and a key milestone in our growth strategy"

Basel III monitoring reveals improved bank liquidity through H1 2021
21 February 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The BCBS Basel III monitoring exercise reveals that bank capital ratios remained stable and liquidity ratios improved in the 6 months to 30 June 2021

Adenza to automate AIB’s regulatory reporting
18 February 2022 New York
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Adenza’s AxiomSL risk solutions will support the AIB’s credit risk, securitisation, leverage ratio and large exposure risk reporting throughout Europe and the UK