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Basel releases consultation on disclosure requirements
27 February 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Pillar 3 of the Basel framework seeks to promote market discipline through regulatory disclosure requirements

Martin Cosgrove quits Goldman Sachs
27 February 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Goldman Sachs has confirmed that Martin Cosgrove has resigned from his position as managing director, equities, head of securities lending

Zhongtai leads move for Quali-Smart
26 February 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Zhongtai International Investment Group is set to acquire Hong Kong-listed Quali-Smart

Brendon Johns swaps Macquarie for FIS
26 February 2018 Cape Town
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Brendon Johns has left his role as equity finance manager at Macquarie Group to take on a new role at FIS

Lendingblock reveals ICO pre-sale date
26 February 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Lendingblock, a cryptocurrency and crypto-asset lending platform, has revealed that its ICO pre-sale will go live at 15:00 GMT on 9 March, ending at 15:00 GMT on 30 March

SEC votes to extend compliance date for liquidity classification
23 February 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The deadline, which will be extended by six months, will provide funds additional time to complete implementation of the final rule's classification requirement

ESMA gives SSR technical advice
23 February 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Verena Ross, executive director at the ESMA, addressed the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament to discuss elements of the short selling regulation

ROBO appoints BNY Mellon as custodian and sec lending agent
22 February 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ROBO Global, creator of the world’s first ETF to track the global RAAI sector, has selected BNY Mellon to provide the firm with custody and transfer agency services

Euroclear sets out post-Brexit Irish CSD plans
22 February 2018 Dublin
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Euroclear’s plan is to be operational in March 2019, to coincide with the withdrawal of the UK from the EU exactly two years from the UK’s notification of its decision to leave

Unsecured euro money market borrowing down
22 February 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment fell from €112 billion in the ECB’s seventh reserve maintenance period to €110 billion in its eighth such period

EXCLUSIVE: Sunil Daswani leaves Northern Trust
21 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Sunil Daswani, head of international securities lending at Northern Trust has left the company

Top of hot stocks: TechnipFMC PLC and Match
21 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

TechnipFMC PLC, formed by the merger of oil services companies, led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for EMEA last week