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Credit Suisse bolsters US equities team
15 November 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Based in New York, Gerry Milligan will start his role in January 2018 and will report to Anthony Abenante, managing director of global markets

AI can lead us to harmony, says Clearstream
14 November 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Clearstream claims that new technological developments such as artificial intelligence and blockchain will support the market to overcome barriers to harmonisation

Pirum Systems bolsters securities finance team
14 November 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Peter Lane was previously part of the securities finance and collateral management team at Maple Securities

BME Clearing to offer clients direct access to repo
14 November 2017 Madrid
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

According to BME Clearing the two models, the agency model and the principal-to-principal model, will contribute to greater capital efficiency and market liquidity

MTS and UnaVista to collaborate for SFTR
13 November 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The collaboration means that firms trading on MTS’s new global collateral management segment will be able to use UnaVista’s trade repository to trade under SFTR

SIX announces new CEO and securities services revamp
13 November 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dijsselhof will begin his new role in January 2018

Startup presents industry's first peer-to-peer securities lending platform
13 November 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Aquila Network is currently being tested on a closed circuit basis and anticipates starting live operations with its first third-party clients before the end of this year

Citi’s Karczewski moves on to HSBC
13 November 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Jane Karczewski has left her position as managing director of strategic risk solutions at Citi, and is set to join HSBC as head of global custody

Collateral managers must regroup to tackle incoming regulation
10 November 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Ted Allen predicted that “coping with rising interest rates and increased collateral requirements will be a key topic for the year ahead”

Changes at eSecLending with reduction to workforce
10 November 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

eSecLending did not disclose which positions had been vacated but confirmed “there are no major changes to the organisational structure or roles as a result”

ISLA board outlines global focus post Brexit
09 November 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA's new board has reiterated its commitment to serving all its global members in the wake of Brexit at its first meeting

Elixium secures FINRA approval
09 November 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US arm of Elixium Group has become the first electronic all-to-all repo platform to receive FINRA approval