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Traiana enhances swaps offering
27 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Traiana has launched a new suite of services to allow swaps providers to electronically manage payments and confirmations in equity swaps

CloudMargin and SmartDX set out their stall with joint VM rules solution
27 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin and SmartDX have partnered to address the challenges posed by the imminent daily variation margin rules

PIMCO raises Stafford to Asia Pacific head
27 February 2017 California
Reporter: Drew Nicol

PIMCO has secured Kimberley Stafford as its new head of Asia Pacific

US options volumes flounder
27 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US options market is stagnating as a result of political and regulatory change in Washington DC, according to a TABB Group report

EU watchdogs lay down the law on VM deadline
24 February 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The EU supervisory authorities have chastised the union’s financial services industry for failing to meet the already delayed deadline for exchanging variation margin

DB: No light at end of the tunnel for EU repo
23 February 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hard pressed European repo desks should not hold out hope of respite from the European Central Bank’s bond purchase programme in March just because inflation rates are on the rise, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Jochen Möbert

Lombard completes last piece of Colline services puzzle
23 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk has bolted on a new exchange-traded derivatives module to its flagship Colline platform

OFR: Margin requirements must rise to avoid amplifying market shocks
22 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Market regulators must raise margin requirements for over-the-counter derivative transactions in order to address their procyclical nature and avoid amplifying liquidity issues during stress scenarios, according to the US Office of Financial Research

Clearstream’s securities financing volumes dip
21 February 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Volumes in Clearstream’s securities finance business fell 5 percent in January

Euronext taps Silva for Lisbon CEO
21 February 2017 Lisbon
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euronext has appointed Paulo Rodrigues da Silva as CEO of Euronext Lisbon following the departure of Maria João Carioca, effective early March

ETF lending on the rise, says M'Rabti
20 February 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Agent lenders are “getting serious” about including exchange-traded funds in their lending programmes thanks to a transactional hurdles being removed, according to Euroclear’s Mohamed M'Rabti

EXCLUSIVE: Zirpolo leaves Cantor Fitzgerald
20 February 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Cantor Fitzgerald’s managing director and head of stock loan Rory Zirpolo has left the firm