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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

ESMA: Technology is transforming capital markets
21 September 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Technology is transforming capital markets, according Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority

DataLend: Cash reinvestment desks in the US may have a more profitable year
21 September 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

“Cash reinvestment desks in the US may have a more profitable year in 2018 than in years past”, according to Chris Benedict, a product specialist at DataLend

Official call to action on Libor replacement plans
20 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The continued participation and commitment of market participants to address the various challenges of Libor will be an essential part of its success, according to the FCA and PRA

OpenGamma: uncleared margin rules could increase cost of financing margin
20 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

New uncleared margin rules that are due to take effect in September 2019 and 2020 could increase the cost of financing margin by up to 10 times, according to findings released by OpenGamma, an analytics company

BoE launches public register for UK Money Markets Code
20 September 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Code sets out the standards and best practice expected from participants in the deposit, repo and securities lending markets