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Crédit Suisse confirms prime departures, and arrival
22 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Crédit Suisse has confirmed that Frederick Nadd-Aubert is leaving his position as a New York-based managing director in the bank’s global markets division in a few weeks

ESMA issues MiFIR trading obligation opinion
22 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ESMA has issued a formal detailed opinion designed to provide further guidance on the treatment of packages under the trading obligation for derivatives, which the MiFIR introduced on 3 January this year

Capitolis CEO takes on non-executive director role at Euronext US
22 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Capitolis CEO and founder Gil Mandelzis has been appointed non-executive director of Euronext US, a pan-European exchange in the Eurozone

UnaVista extend partnership with IHS Markit
21 March 2019 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

UnaVista, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, and IHS Markit have extended their alliance to prepare for and comply with the upcoming securities financing transactions regulation

Brexit to cause ‘significant shift’ of entities and activities from UK
21 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The decision of the UK to leave not only the EU but also the single market, has led to a situation in which there is the potential for a significant shift of entities and activities from the UK to the EU27, according to ESMA chair Steven Maijoor

US M&A jump helps boost Lyxor conviction
21 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

According to Dealogic, M&A activity jumped by 52 percent year-to-date compared to the same period last year, hitting $378 billion

Top of hot stocks: Melrose Industries and Himax Technologies
21 March 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Melrose Industries led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for last week

White paper calls for industry coordination to challenge cyber attacks
21 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DTCC, which released the paper on 20 March, said there “is a need for additional efforts around specific cyber-scenarios and limited industry-wide testing”

Repo markets growth continues, according to ESMA
20 March 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The authority, which published the results on 20 March, stated that rates reiterated the sharp end-of-year drop already witnessed in 2016, although low trading volumes on the last trading day of the year might have reinforced the movement

Securities services revenue boost for Citi
20 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Securities services revenues at Citi increased by 8 percent in 2017, according to the bank’s 2017 annual report

RegTek.Solutions bolsters core markets teams
20 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Rob McGowan has been appointed head of sales for North America and Tom Morris has been appointed as head of sales for Europe

SAMA raises repo and reverse repo rates
19 March 2018 Riyadh
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SAMA increased its repo rate from 200 basis points to 225 basis points, and the reverse repo rate from 150 basis points to 175 basis points, with immediate effect