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Change in holding of HKEX executive office
20 December 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Lee Kwok Keung, Roger will retire from all positions held within HKEX, effective 1 January 2019

New mandate strengthens Citi’s ties with Aegon
20 December 2018 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Citi has been appointed by Kames Capital UK Funds, a branch of Aegon Asset Management, to provide depositary services, representing £7 billion in assets

State Street’s head of securities finance trading Australia departs
20 December 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Peter Martin, head of securities finance trading Australia, has left State Street after 14 years

US Treasury and IRS issue proposed BEAT regulations
19 December 2018 Washington
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued proposed regulations for the BEAT

Citi reshuffles its prime brokerage business
19 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has reshuffled its prime brokerage business and will move its foreign exchange prime brokerage business under the same umbrella as its prime finance and securities services business

Environment for long-short equity improves in Q4
19 December 2018 Massachusetts
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

With positive returns to momentum and short interest factors, along with the rebate tailwind, the environment for long-short equity has improved in Q4, according to Sam Pierson, director of securities finance at IHS Markit

BME Clearing clears first repo trades
19 December 2018 Madrid
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BME Clearing has cleared its first repo trades executed on the anonymous dealer-to-dealer trading platform BrokerTec, owned by NEX Markets

Oslo Børs signs agreement with UnaVista
18 December 2018 Oslo
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Oslo Børs has partnered with UnaVista to provide transaction reporting for UnaVista’s trading members

Post-crisis regulation could be 'detrimental' for repo and sec lending
17 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Madeleine Saghir

Post-crisis regulation requires further evaluation as it could be detrimental for repo and securities lending markets, according to a GFMA and ICMA report

Record year for securities lending revenues
17 December 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The revenue has reached the highest levels since the 2008 crash, according to industry commentators

Aurélien Manson departs Caceis
17 December 2018 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Securities finance trader Aurélien Manson has left Caceis

OCC makes two promotions
14 December 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OCC has made two new promotions for the roles of CEO and COO