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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

Malaysia begins Islamic stock lending
13 December 2017 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The introduction of Islamic stock lending aims to provide a Shariah-compliant alternative to the securities borrowing and lending negotiated transaction framework

State Street positive in 2018 global outlook
12 December 2017 Boston
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street Global Advisors predicted a trend rate of 3.7 percent in 2018

Synechron names Chris Ekonomidis as director
12 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Ekonomidis has moved to Synechron from Sapient Global Markets

Pirum and Stonewain collaborate on near real-time services
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Pirum has completed an upgrade of the standard interfaces to and from Stonewain’s Spire securities finance platform, enabling “near real-time services” for mutual clients

ITI Capital bolsters securities finance team
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alasdair Sutherland has taken on a new securities finance role at ITI Capital

Natixis and BHF-Bank consider equity market deal
11 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Natixis and BHF-Bank are to consider a long-term partnership in an effort to gain market shares in continental Europe

Final leverage ratio rule a boon for CCPs
11 December 2017 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The final version of Basel III’s leverage ratio rules are providing an early Christmas present for CCPs due to re-orientation towards RWA over minimum capital requirement

ICE expands clearing risk management senior team
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has appointed Boudewijn Duinstra to the newly created role of head of first line clearing risk for ICE Clear Europe

NSD working with Sberbank on triparty repo transactions
08 December 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Sberbank is using the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository (CSD), to provide collateral management services for interdealer repo transactions, backed by NSD’s triparty services

PASLA secures interim chair following Jones departure
08 December 2017 Tokyo
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Solway will hold this position in addition to his communication officer role until the association's meeting in March

CloudMargin appoints Martin Adams to head of client operations
07 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

CloudMargin has hired Martin Adams as head of client operations