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Another negative month for hedge funds, says eVestment
11 December 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The global hedge fund industry returned -0.31 percent in November, bringing year-to-date returns to -2.81 percent, according to eVestment

Regis-TR to open UK trade repository
11 December 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Regis-TR has set up a trade repository in the UK

Eurex and Vela team up
10 December 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Eurex has teamed up with Vela to facilitate electronic access to Eurex EnLight, the new selective request-for-quote (RFQ) platform, via Vela’s Metro Trading Platform

ESMA updates DVC data
10 December 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Securities and Markets Authority has updated its public register with the latest set of double volume cap data under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

OCC hires Vishal Thakkar and Timothy Dwyer
07 December 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

OCC has appointed Vishal Thakkar and Timothy Dwyer as senior leaders

Eurex changes up clearing reporting as part of GITA
07 December 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Eurex Clearing will disclose the original counterparties to the securities lending transaction in its clearing reports, effective 1 January 2019, as part of the German Investment Tax Act 2018

Ray Hainsby joins Xconnect Trading
07 December 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Xconnect Trading has appointed Ray Hainsby to a securities finance flow role

Eurex sees strong interest in repo extension of partnership programme
07 December 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Eurex Clearing has seen a “strong interest” in the repo extension of its partnership programme with 24 participants registering from the US, UK and continental Europe

Record year for Tradeweb
07 December 2018 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Tradeweb’s trading volume is on track for a record year, with average total daily trading volumes up by 37.3 percent on last year’s total

Exclusive: Matthew Harrison joins BNY Mellon
06 December 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Matthew Harrison has joined BNY Mellon Financial Corporation as head of product development, securities finance

ASX sees continued growth
06 December 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ASX revealed that total capital raised was $23.2 billion in November, up 215 percent from November 2017

Securities lending likely to drive portfolio investment toward EMs
06 December 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Securities lending likely to drive foreign portfolio investment towards emerging markets, according to a report published by the World Federation of Exchanges