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DTCC expands board of directors
31 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DTCC adds two new industry veterans to its board of directors

IG Group to shake-up PB market with new consolidated services suite
31 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IG Group has set its sights on being the new challenger in the prime brokerage space with its newly-launched IG Prime services suite

SMPG steering committee re-elects Clearstream’s Armin Borries as chair
31 March 2020 Prague
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

SMPG was created in July 1998 and since its launch has established a local presence in more than 30 countries through national market practice groups

The entire 2020 regulatory timetable may be compromised, says reg policy expert
30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With SFTR and CSDR on the horizon, 2020 was meant to be one of the busiest regulatory implementation years the securities finance industry had ever know. Those are now in tatters.

SimCorp appoints new service delivery manager
30 March 2020 Copenhagen
Reporter: Natalie Turner

SimCorp hires Robert De Wit as its new service manager

BNY Mellon names Todd Gibbons as CEO
30 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Gibbons has worked as the interim CEO since September last year

LCH RepoClear gains two new members
30 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RBC has become the first Canadian bank to become a clearing member at LCH SA’s RepoClear service

ESMA consults on technical standards on TRs for EMIR Refit
27 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The consultation will cover reporting to trade repositories, procedures to reconcile and validate the data, data access by the relevant authorities and registration of TRs

Basel III gets one-year deferral
27 March 2020 Basel
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Basel III is the latest regulatory framework to see its implementation timeline scuppered by the COVID-19 pandemic

ISDA requests UMR delay
27 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISDA requests suspension on initial margin phase-in in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Tradeweb elects Berns to board of directors
27 March 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Former Tradeweb CFO Steven Berns has rejoined the firm as an independent director

Standard Chartered to form new financing and securities services unit
27 March 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The financing and securities services unit will include all existing securities services activities including custody, clearing, fiduciary and fund services, and securities lending