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ICMA elects new repo and collateral committee
07 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA reveals winners of its 2020 European Repo and Collateral Council committee elections, with four new members joining the 19-strong group

EXCLUSIVE: REGIS-TR's growth spurt continues with a new head of business development
07 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European trade repository has tapped Nick Bruce to be its head of business development, among a series of new hires in the pipeline

PASLA/RMA Tokyo conference postponed
06 February 2020 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The spread of the coronavirus in Japan and the Asian region has forced the PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending, due to be held in Toyko in March, to be delayed until 2021

Pirum launches IM automation tool for OTC derivatives
05 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The IM Instruct tool, which is now live, aims to assist users of over-the-counter derivatives in delivering IM to the various triparty and third-party custodian collateral venues

SteelEye appoints new CFO
05 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye has appointed a new chief financial officer from Bloomberg as part of its latest expansion plans

IHS Markit hails “industry milestone” of $25tn lendable assets data coverage
05 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The data analytics and financial services provider says its data set has increased by 20 percent over the past 12 months, with a 12 percent increase from new contributors

Delayed: CSDR settlement discipline regime
04 February 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Following a series of warning calls from industry stakeholders, ESMA is backing a delay to the CSDR settlement discipline regime originally due in September

Nigerian tax reform to stimulate “exponential growth” in SBL
04 February 2020 Lagos
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Radical tax reforms introduced in January are set to encourage massive growth in Nigeria's securities lending market by removing a major tax hurdle, says the CEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

OCC sees back-to-back new loan activity fall
04 February 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

OCC’s securities lending CCP reports a mixed bag for January

S3 Partners appoints two new directors
03 February 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The new senior team members will help S3 to sell software, data and apps, leveraging relationships across the alternative investment community, banks and other financial institutions

CSDR will harm those it seeks to protect, says ICMA
03 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA and the Investment Association have reinforced calls for a delay and reforms to the CSDR mandatory buy-in provisions with another letter to the European Commission

US SEC approves OCC capital management policy
31 January 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Chicago-based clearinghouse OCC has received regulatory approval of its new capital management policy by the US SEC