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Russia’s NSD earns first ‘premier' status from SWIFT
21 September 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russia’s central securities depository, the National Settlement Depository, has become the first Eastern European bureau to earn SWIFT’s 'premier' certification status...

Gibraltar exchange gains HMRC recognition
16 September 2016 Gibraltar
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has been acknowledged by the board of the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs as a ‘recognised stock exchange’...

T2S on a roll with wave-three success
15 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Wave-three participants have successfully migrated to the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) pan-European securities settlement platform...

EquiLend snap up DeGiglio for new CIO role
14 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has brought on Ken DeGiglio to the newly created role of chief information officer and join its executive team...

Lombard Risk launch new cloud collateral system
13 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management is launching AgileCollateral, a cloud-based collateral management system that provides the functionality of its existing Colline solution “in a modular, light touch delivery format”, according to Lombard Risk...

Three more years of Donohue
13 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation’s Craig Donohue has agreed to stay on as executive chair and CEO for three additional years after his term expires in December...

Saxo Bank digitises bond trading
12 September 2016 Copenhagen
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Denmark’s Saxo Bank has launched its new digital bond trading solution for corporate and government bonds...

EU regulators dismiss OTC amendments
12 September 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Three European regulators have joined forces to voice their disagreement with the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the final draft RTS for OTC derivatives...

T2S wave three must be a success, says BNY Mellon
09 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The third wave of Target2-Securities implementation will be the tipping point that decides whether the project justifies the investment that has been made in the platform, according to BNY Mellon’s Tom Casteleyn...

High borrow costs stifle North American short interest
09 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

North America’s most expensive stocks to borrow have underperformed for a fourth consecutive month, according to IHS Markit...

AFME wades into asset segregation debate
07 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe has joined the chorus of industry bodies calling for global consistency across asset segregation regulations...

WFE: blockchain regs must align globally
05 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has warned global regulators of the need for consistency in any future regulations on distributed ledger technology...