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Philippines SEC approves guidelines on lending and short selling
07 January 2020 Phillippines
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The guidelines seek to boost market activity by addressing concerns over the effect of lending and short selling on trading participants’ books and records, transactions errors and other risk

ESMA publishes final SFTR guidelines with LEI reprieve
06 January 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Market participants have welcomed the 12-month grace period for third-country issuer LEIs that would have “severely impacted liquidity”

EXCLUSIVE: GLMX welcomes Zirpolo
06 January 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Zirpolo brings with him over 30 years of experience in the securities finance industry on both the buy and sell side

Credit Suisse takes on two new hires in China from Deutsche Bank
06 January 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Credit Suisse has enhanced its prime services teams with two new appointments in China

BNY Mellon ramps up drive to innovate in the Middle East with new office
06 January 2020 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new office in ADGM comes at an important time in BNY Mellon’s 100-year history in the region and 20 years in Abu Dhabi, according to Hani Kablawi of BNY Mellon

OCC sees securities lending activity fall in 2019
03 January 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

OCC posts annual drop-off in securities lending activity for last year, following its record-breaking 2018 figures

Deutsche Bank raids Barclays prime brokerage talent pool
03 January 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Deutsche Bank has sweetened the deal of its prime brokerage business sale to BNP Paribas with the appointment of several senior executives from Barclays

Credit Suisse appoints new prime brokerage director
02 January 2020 New York
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Credit Suisse has tapped Francesca Sanzone to become its new prime brokerage director

Kaizen Reporting adds to SFTR team
02 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Kaizen Reporting has brought on Tony Weedon from J.P. Morgan to bolster its SFTR team

Lending revenue down for 2019
02 January 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Last year’s lending revenue failed to live up to the highs of 2018 according to DataLend, which cited global macro uncertainty, driven by trade wars, Brexit and central bank actions as drivers behind the drop-off

Crédit Agricole and Santander complete securities services agreement
24 December 2019 Madrid
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

As part of the agreement, 100 percent of Santander Securities Services Spain and 49.99 percent of Santander Securities Services’ operations in Latin America have been contributed to CACEIS

ECB seeks opinions on EONIA to €STR transition
24 December 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Central Bank’s working group on euro risk-free rates is looking for market feedback on the transition from the EONIA to the €STR