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Hong Kong’s SFC revamps securities lending safeguards
10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has proposed additional safeguards on the use of securities lending, repo, and derivatives and added a new chapter on ETFs in a new consultation

KPMG Switzerland and SIX to bundle tax services
10 January 2010 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KPMG Switzerland and SIX Securities Services are offering a combined package for tax services

Eurex appoints Husted for relationship management
10 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Eurex Clearing has hired Adam Husted as co-head of global partner banks relationship management

ESMA releases draft guidelines on anti-procyclicality measures for CCPs
09 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA released draft guidelines that ask whether CCPs should monitor the efficiency of its anti-procyclicality margin measures through developing quantitative metrics

SEC releases FIMSAC meeting date
09 January 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SEC will hold its inaugural fixed income market structure advisory committee on 11 January

Bressler, Amery & Ross initiates new partner
09 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bressler Amery & Ross has promoted hedge fund lawyer David Hantman to partner

Comyno opens DLT hub in Serbia
09 January 2018 Serbia
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Frankfurt-based fintech company Comyno has opened a new distributed ledger technology (DLT) hub in Belgrade, Serbia

LCH reports record highs in 2017
08 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

LCH’s RepoClear business reported €175 trillion of cleared transactions in 2017, an increase of almost 25 percent compared to the previous year

Moody’s: MiFID II to boost ETF securities lending appetite
08 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Greater trading and liquidity transparency for ETFs brought on by MiFID II will “likely prompt a larger usage of ETFs for securities lending and collateral purposes from institutional investors”

Monster movie or safety net? Industry has its say on MiFID II
05 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

After MiFID II went live on 3 January, industry stakeholders are far from convinced of the benefits it will bring

AxiomSL appoints Harry Chopra
04 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

AxiomSL has hired Harry Chopra as chief client officer with immediate effect

eSecLending securities lending associate joins ICE
04 January 2018 Boston
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Fiorentino has moved to Intercontinental Exchange