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J.P. Morgan sets up agency clearing service for Australian and NZ OTC derivatives
27 September 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

J.P. Morgan has launched an agency clearing service for Australian and New Zealand dollar-denominated over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives

DTCC partners with Symphony
27 September 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has signed an agreement with Symphony, a messaging and collaboration platform

ESMA issues working paper on fixed income liquidity
26 September 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The white paper, entitled ‘Liquidity in fixed income markets – risk indicators and EU evidence’, and authored by Tania De Renzis, Claudia Guagliano and Giuseppe Loiacono, discusses the overall reduction of secondary market liquidity in several

Top of hot stocks: Randgold Resources, Tilray and Zhongan Online P&C Insurance
26 September 2018 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Rangold Resources Limited (RRS) led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

IEA: Brexit is an opportunity to opt out of "burdens" of European-wide regulation
25 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“The second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) has not improved liquidity in the markets, which most [industry] participants believe is the major problem”, according to Institute of Economic Affairs

Orient Bank selects Acument net for treasury management operations
25 September 2018 Kampala
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Orient Bank has selected Acument net for its treasury management operations

Lyxor: what happened to hedge funds’ alpha since the summer?
25 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“While hedge funds’ performance and alpha were honourable until the summer, our analysis suggests that they erased about 2.5 percent of alpha since June, with no turn in sight yet in September”, according to Lyxor’s most recent Weekly Brief

ESMA sets out views on financial market volatility
25 September 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

“The potential of market volatility to undermine financial stability and impose unexpected losses on investors is a key element of its market monitoring”, according to The European Securities and Markets Authority

NEX TriOptima joins up services to meet IM demands
25 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

NEX TriOptima has joined up its services so clients can use one trade file to calculate initial margin amounts, manage margin calls and resolve disputes

LCH bolsters team
23 September 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH has appointed Kate Birchall as head of Asia Pacific, effective from 15 October 2018

Allocations continue to trickle into hedge funds
23 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Despite some improvement, it has by no means been a universally beneficial period for hedge funds, said eVestment

NEX welcomes new investors to NEX Exchange
23 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

NEX has agreed on commercial terms with a number of investors to invest new funds into NEX Exchange, a listing venue for small and medium-sized enterprises with currently 89 companies listed