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Citi welcomes Measures from J.P. Morgan for prime desk
11 September 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citi’s Hong Kong office also recently welcomed Sebastien Mailleux, formerly of BNP Paribas, as head of prime finance for the Asia Pacific

FIA offers EU guidance on third-country CCP supervision
08 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Futures Industry Association has waded into the debate over the European Commission’s proposal for a two-tier system for regulating EU and non-EU CCPs

Wedbush Securities bolsters fixed income financing team
08 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Barry and Slovak will report to managing director Scott Skyrm and will both be based in New York

Eurex to offer MiFID II simulations ahead of January deadline
08 September 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex is set to offer its clients access to a simulation trading environment later this month ahead of MiFID II's January deadline

Citi and Deutsche Bank execute first SwapAgent trades
07 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH’s new SwapAgent service has completed its first trades, facilitating an interest-rate swap and an inflation swap between Citi and Deutsche Bank

Pirum’s Ben Challice heads to J.P. Morgan
07 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems COO Ben Challice is heading to J.P. Morgan to take charge of the bank’s collateral management and agency lending businesses in a newly created role

Citi bolsters APAC prime finance team
07 September 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Mailleux will be based in Hong Kong and start his new role in November

Citi brings in Jason Massey for futures, clearing and collateral
06 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In his new role, Massey will be based in London and report to EMEA head of sales for prime, futures and securities services, Danny Caplan

Brazilian exchange smoothes post-trade systems with Pirum
06 September 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new file standardisation process will enable Pirum to significantly expand its Brazilian trade reconciliations

North America slims down to T+2
05 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The shorter settlement timeframe also aligns these markets with the EU, which moved to a T+2 settlement cycle in 2014

ECB offers new safety standards for central bank triparty usage
05 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed standards with an eye on the final version coming into force by the end of the year or the beginning of 2018

World’s pension funds return to form in 2016
05 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The top 20 funds by asset size saw a higher increase than the overall ranking, with a 7.1 percent boost to AUM since 2011