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Capital used to maintain status quo post-Brexit, say ISLA panellists
20 June 2018 Lisbon
Reporter: Barney Dixon

During a session on Brexit, panellists discussed the implications of Brexit and how money that is being spent on IT to “essentially stay still”, could be used to innovate

Top of hot stocks: Meyer Burger Technology and RH
20 June 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Meyer Burger (MBTN) led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa last week (ending 15th June)

EXCLUSIVE: Banque de France and BNP Paribas utilise Elixium marketplace
20 June 2018 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Banque de France and BNP Paribas have become the first participants to utilise the Elixium marketplace with Euro tri-party Repo trade, settled by Euroclear

Ghosts of 2011 sovereign debt crisis remain fresh for the EU, says ISLA panellist
19 June 2018 Lisbon
Reporter: Barney Dixon

The “ghosts” of the 2011 sovereign debt crisis are “back in the heads of the people in Brussels”, according to Bertrand Huet, senior vice president, partner, and co-head of Financial Services at FleishmanHillard

Industry stakeholders partner on blockchain solution
19 June 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ABN AMRO Clearing, EuroCCP, Euroclear and Nasdaq have partnered to make the use of securities more efficient when used to cover margin calls, using blockchain or distributed ledger technology

OCC: 2017 interactive annual report is live
19 June 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The Options Clearing Corporation has gone live with its 2017 interactive annual report

EXCLUSIVE: Comyno joins forces with IHS Markit
19 June 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Comyno, a fintech software and business consultancy has partnered with IHS Markit to market the SFTR reporting solution from IHS Markit and Pirum Systems

Astanin re-elected to SWIFT board of directors
18 June 2018 Moscow
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Astanin has held this post since 2015, when Russia’s representative joined the SWIFT board for the first time

HKEK reshapes futures and renews CEO contract
18 June 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has planned to reshape its range of stock futures contracts and has also extended CEO’s contract

PGGM goes live with Eurex Clearing’s securities lending CCP
18 June 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

PGGM has gone live with Eurex Clearing’s securities lending central counterparty

ECB to reduce volume of bonds under asset purchase programme
15 June 2018 Riga
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The European Central Bank is going to start reducing the volume of bonds it buys under its asset purchase programme, after the Governing Council of the European Central Bank in Riga on 14 June

BNP Paribas bolsters senior team
15 June 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNP Paribas has appointed several new executive members to its senior management team