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HilltopSecurities appoints David Rhodes
02 May 2018 Dallas
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HilltopSecurities (HTS) has named David Rhodes as its new CIO

OneChicago figures sharply down
02 May 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

OneChicago, a securities finance exchange, revealed a decrease of 66 percent year-over-year to 514,176 in contract volume for its April statistics

OCC reports highest April on record
02 May 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Total cleared equity derivatives clearing contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts

ISDA expands diversity with new board appointments
30 April 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Four new directors are joining the board of directors at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association

NSD receives the status of authorised depository of Belarus
30 April 2018 Moscow
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

National Settlement Depository, Russia’s central securities depository, has received the status of authorised depository of Belarus

Northern Trust claims a Canadian first
30 April 2018 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Northern Trust is set to implement a direct clearing of cash and repurchase agreement trades for fixed income securities through the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation

SSE, CSDC issue repo interim measures
27 April 2018 Shanghai
Reporter: Brian Bollen

SSE and China Securities Depository and Clearing Co have issued and implemented what they are calling the ‘Interim Measures of SSE and CSDC for Transactions and Settlement of Bonds in Collateralised Tri-party Repo'

Basel: Basel III will represent major improvement
27 April 2018 Miami
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The comments were made in a keynote speech by William Coen, secretary general of the BCBS at the 33rd annual meeting of ISDA in Miami Florida

Davidson: Six lessons drawn from the financial crisis relevant for CCPs
27 April 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

There are six lessons to be learned from the financial crisis that are relevant for central counterparties, such as OCC, according to the OCC’s John Davidson

IBM Santiago: Our blockchain project is about to bear fruit
27 April 2018 Santiago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

After experimentation and testing, IBM Santiago’s new blockchain repository will be launched in May

SFTS: DLT set to transform the future
26 April 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher and Barney Dixon

In one way or another, DLT will help to transform in the industry over the next three to five years, according to a panel the Securities Lending Times Securities Finance Technology Symposium

SFTS: Firms must improve efficiency measures after reg implementation
26 April 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax and Barney Dixon

Firm’s must look to improve efficiency after implementing new regulatory measures, say panellists at this year’s Securities Finance Technology Symposium in London