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Tradeweb repo volume surges on bilateral trading growth
06 March 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Tradeweb reached an average daily volume of $167.8 billion in repo for February

Markit calls for securities lending overhaul
07 March 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

IHS Markit, in conjunction with ISLA, are launching an industry-wide working group with the aim of issuing a global Securities Lending Performance Measurement charter

DTCC opens Dublin office
05 March 2019 Dublin
Reporter: Becky Butcher

DTCC has opened its new office in Dublin, Ireland

NRI achieves FSB compliant data reporting for repos and sec lending
05 March 2019 Tokyo
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Nomura Research Institute has updated its I-STAR/CORE for the international FSB's standards and processes for global securities financing data collection and aggregation

Moscow Exchange adds features to repo with CCP
05 March 2019 Moscow
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Moscow Exchange will offer Chinese Yuan as a settlement currency for overnight repos with the central counterparty (CCP), effective 4 March

Euroclear to continue operating in Ireland under no-deal Brexit
04 March 2019 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority is to recognise Euroclear UK & Ireland as a third country central securities depository in case of a no-deal Brexit

BNY Mellon completes fixed income mandate with NPS
04 March 2019 Seoul
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has completed the onboarding of the fixed income mandate for the National Pension Service of Korea

OCC’s securities lending CCP activity down
04 March 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was down 5.5 percent in new loans from February 2018

ISLA: 2019 will be a period of considerable change
01 March 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

While the UK continues to be fixated with Brexit, this was not a topic that featured that heavily during ISLA's recent discussions in Brussels, according to Andy Dyson, CEO of ISLA

DTCC Data Repository Ireland registers as TR in case of no-deal Brexit
01 March 2019 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority has registered DTCC Data Repository (Ireland) as a trade repository, in response to a possible no-deal Brexit

RHB Bank goes live on Murex’s MX.3 platform
01 March 2019 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RHB Bank Berhad, a Malaysian financial services group, is now live on Murex’s MX.3 to meet its Islamic and financial needs in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region

Allen & Overy appoints new head to its consulting business
01 March 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Allen & Overy has appointed Lee Alam as head of its new regulatory consulting practice