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Aviva promotes from within for new sec finance trading chief
13 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Aviva Investors has promoted one of its securities finance traders to head of trading

ICMA: Don’t be fooled by the data, year-end risks lurk ahead
13 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The chair of ICMA’s ERCC delivered the stark warning alongside the association’s latest report on the European repo market, which showed a 5.6 percent year-on-year market growth from June 2018.

Citi launches UMR tool for buy side
13 November 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi can now help buy-side firms comply with IM requirements of the Uncleared Margin Rules through a new margin calculation services

EU working group proposes €STR fallback arrangements
13 November 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank’s working group on euro risk-free rates has recommended fallback arrangements for users of euro short-term rate

Six brokers select IHS Markit to manage SFTR questionnaires
12 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit’s counterparty manager Outreach360 is set to support real-time updates to questionnaire responses and counterparty classification for SFTR

Eurex’s ISA Direct gains first EU-domiciled bank as member
11 November 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

RLB NÖ-Wien is the first EU-domiciled bank direct clearing member of Eurex’s ISA Direct service

Delta Capita grows SFTR team
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new member of the SFTR test consortium team will help to define business scenarios and regulatory traceability for the industry standard test pack

deltaconX partners with KRM22
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KRM22 will utilise deltaconX's platform to help firms meet regulatory reporting requirements, such as SFTR

SFTR delay rumours are premature, warns ISLA CEO
08 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

It is too soon to speculate on a delay to SFTR's 2020 deadline as the level three text is not yet public, according to ISLA's CEO Andrew Dyson

Lago Kapital enters Denmark
08 November 2019 Helsinki
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Lago Kapital is now a direct member of Nasdaq Copenhagen, which allows it to serve clients in Denmark with its automated liquidity providing service

Wematch appoints new chair
07 November 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

For its next chapter, Wematch has appointed a new chair of its board to help meet its aims to bring the benefits of electronic trading’s auditing and transparency

SEC issues three-year extension of MiFID II relief
07 November 2019 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The US SEC has issued an extension of a no-action letter it provided to assist market participants regarding their US-regulated activities for MiFID II research