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EC: No delays to SFTR implementation
11 January 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Council has informed Securities Lending Times that there will be “no delayed implementation” to the SFTR, after reports of an extension to the current scrutiny period

Neil Atkinson to join HSBC Securities Services
11 January 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Neil Atkinson will join HSBC Securities Service, effective early March, according to industry sources

CCPs perform well during stressful periods, says OCC
11 January 2019 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CCPs like OCC have performed extraordinarily well during many stressful periods, including the financial crisis of 2008, according to Dale Michaels, OCC executive vice president, financial risk management

Ralph Lehnis departs Credit Suisse
10 January 2019 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

While at Credit Suisse, Lehnis served as head of collateral trading services

Hugh Leonard joins RBC
10 January 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Leonard will be based in the firm’s Sydney office

ESMA issues latest double volume cap data
10 January 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority has updated today its public register with the latest set of double volume cap data under MiFID II

Jeffrey Kidwell to chair IMN conference
10 January 2019 Florida
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Jeffrey Kidwell is set to chair IMN’s International Securities Finance conference in Florida next month

eVestment: performance woes for hedge funds
10 January 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The global hedge fund industry ended a volatile 2018 in the red, making it the industry’s fifth consecutive month of negative performance, according to eVestment

ISDA plans to extend digitisation
09 January 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has started work on standardising further documentation to enable digitisation and electronic processing

Trades in LCH SwapAgent compressed by TriOptima swap cycle
09 January 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Trades registered in LCH SwapAgent have been successfully compressed in TriOptima’s multilateral US Dollar/Euro cross-currency swap compression cycle for the first time

Nick Short joins HQLAx
09 January 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Nick Short has been appointed as COO of HQLAx and will report to Guido Stroemer, founding partner at HQLAx

Top of the hot stocks: Debenhams, Tilray and Cyberdyne
09 January 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Debenhams topped the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for EMEA, Tilray for the Americas, and Cyberdyne for Asia-Pacific