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OCC poaches Ridgway for risk management
11 April 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC has continued its raid on Wall Street with the appointment of David Ridgway as senior vice president for enterprise risk management

Securities lending on the up in Brazil
10 April 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Newly formed Brazilian exchange B3 posted month-to-month growth in its securities lending volume for March

Cherry takes on SFTR role at Pirum
10 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s James Cherry has moved to Pirum Systems to focus on its SFTR and CCP products

PIMCO names new pensions chief
07 April 2017 California
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US investment manager PIMCO welcomes several new managing directors for pensions strategy and regional posts

EU repo clears first Q1 hurdle, barely
07 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

In the weeks leading up to the March quarter-end, the repo market showed a high degree of uncertainty and nervousness, with rates being priced very wide

OCC names Citi’s Davidson as new COO
06 April 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC gains new COO during strong volume growth period

ITI Group acquires UK broker
06 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ITI Group has expanded its UK presence with the the purchase of broker-dealer Uralsib Securities from Russia's Uralsib Group

OneChicago sees March growth
06 April 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago’s transaction volume for March beat last year’s monthly volume by 2 percent

BM&FBovespa and Cetip form new exchange
05 April 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The merged entity has been rebranded as B3 and promises to offer an enhanced range of services, including securities lending

Cowen snaps up Convergex for $116 million
05 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The cash and stock deal has been struck with Convergex owners BNY Mellon and GTCR

Euronext and ICE Clear partner up
05 April 2017 Amsterdam
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearing operations will be run from Amsterdam, while a new asset financing solution will be built by Euronext and operated from Paris

R3’s Corda steps up for DLT lending platform
05 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Liquidity management company HQLAX has teamed up with R3 and five of its member banks to build a collateral lending solution for liquidity transfers