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Lombard Risk share prices soars after Vermeg takeover offer
12 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Lombard Risk has agreed to a cash for shares takeover offer from Vermeg Group

BlackRock reports sec lending revenue rise
12 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

BlackRock’s securities lending revenue for Q4 2017 exceeded the previous year’s quarterly total by $12 million

Securities lending invaluable to insurers, says Swiss Re director
12 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Beneficial owners benefit from risk reduction, yield enhancement, and collateral, according to Swiss Re Group’s director of head of global collateral

ESMA reviews short selling rulebook
11 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bans on short selling should instead only stop further increasing of net short positions, according to ESMA in its latest short selling regulation release

Repo markets enhance OTC derivatives, says ICMA
11 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Godfried De Vidts made the statement in ICMA’s first 2018 quarter report

Shenzhen Stock Exchange expands shorting lists
10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has increased the number of underlying stocks available for margin trading and short selling

Hong Kong’s SFC revamps securities lending safeguards
10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has proposed additional safeguards on the use of securities lending, repo, and derivatives and added a new chapter on ETFs in a new consultation

KPMG Switzerland and SIX to bundle tax services
10 January 2010 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KPMG Switzerland and SIX Securities Services are offering a combined package for tax services

Eurex appoints Husted for relationship management
10 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Eurex Clearing has hired Adam Husted as co-head of global partner banks relationship management

ESMA releases draft guidelines on anti-procyclicality measures for CCPs
09 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA released draft guidelines that ask whether CCPs should monitor the efficiency of its anti-procyclicality margin measures through developing quantitative metrics

SEC releases FIMSAC meeting date
09 January 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SEC will hold its inaugural fixed income market structure advisory committee on 11 January

Bressler, Amery & Ross initiates new partner
09 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bressler Amery & Ross has promoted hedge fund lawyer David Hantman to partner