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Citi and CME Clearing launch collateral DLT platform
18 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The blockchain software aims to reduce margin cost

South Africa extends code of conduct consultation deadline
18 December 2017 Pretoria
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Registrar of Securities Services has proposed a new code of conduct for a renewed deadline for comment

Dubai Financial Market launches short selling
18 December 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dubai Financial Market has launched a regulated short selling service after gaining approval by the Securities and Commodities Authority

J.P. Morgan and Citi collaborate on truePTS post-trade platform
15 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The New-York-based startup processes ecosystem for the global $700 trillion derivatives market

SIFMA: US market requires improved CCP access
15 December 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Dodd-Frank Act has increased the need for US firms to have access to non US swaps trading venues and central counterparties, according to paper by FIA and SIFMA

France raises spectre of European financial transactions tax
15 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

French President Emmanuel Macron and several ministers have dismissed concerns over the negative effect of an EU financial transactions tax on securities lending revenue

Vekaria exits Credit Suisse
14 December 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Head of Credit Suisse's Dublin branch Manish Vekaria has left the bank

Cerberus hires new managing director
14 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Kimmel was previously global head of prime services at Cantor Fitzgerald

SMEs to face new research costs under MIFID II
14 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Research services for SMEs will no longer be free of charge when MiFID II comes into force on 3 January 2018

Hedge funds in sprint finish for record-breaking returns in 2017
14 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge funds are on track for their best annual revenue since 2013 with average returns of 7.7 percent, according to eVestment research

Jeroen Bakker leaves HSBC
13 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Jeroen Bakker has left his role as director of marketing and exclusives manager for the securities borrowing and lending sector at HSBC

Wilmington Trust appoints AcadiaSoft for collateral management solution
13 December 2017 Boston
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The wealth management is to launch a new margin management service