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US Fed to draft alternative repo rates
29 August 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Federal Reserve is to create three new “risk free” reference rates based on overnight repo transactions secured by US treasuries

LSE and NEX among new APA providers
25 August 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The London Stock Exchange Group, NEX Regulatory Reporting, Bloomberg, Tradeweb and Trax are all poised to publish post-trade transparency reports on behalf of clients

State Street's Han leads Asia agency lending
25 August 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street has promoted William Han to head of agency lending in Asia

US pharma soothes short sellers’ aches
24 August 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The result reflects the ongoing uncertainty in US generics pricing, which drove the company’s shares down by 18 percent in its last earnings update

ICMA offers MiFID II/R briefings and workshops
24 August 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The International Capital Market Association has organised a series of briefings and workshops to help its members prepare for the 3 January 2018 implementation of MiFID II/R

NSD begins servicing repos with Bank of Russia bonds
23 August 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has begun using Bank of Russia repo trades as a component of the basket of Bank of Russia bonds (OBR)

Walter Kraushaar to join Comyno
23 August 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Comyno has appointed Walter Kraushaar as head of sales and advisory business. He will join on 1 January 2018

CloudMargin and GlobalCollateral connect for MTU
22 August 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Access to the MTU will expand CloudMargin’s settlement capability and give users access from the cloud, fully automating the entire collateral lifecycle

J.P. Morgan loses Simon Martin to HSBC
22 August 2017 Sydney
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Simon Martin has joined HSBC Securities Services from J.P. Morgan. He has taken up the role of head of multi-sector sales and business development

ISDA: Transition period essential for post-Brexit derivatives trading
21 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has urged UK and EU regulators to implement transitional provisions for derivatives trading after Brexit

Hilltop Securities hires new head of fixed income capital markets
21 August 2017 Dallas
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Friedrich will oversee all aspects of HTS’s fixed income sales, trading and syndication business

Pension plans accuse banks of anti-competitive behaviour
18 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Three US pension plans have accused six of securities lending’s biggest banks of blocking nascent platforms and keeping the market for themselves