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DTCC advances DLT post-trade platform with IBM
New York 10 January 2017
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has partnered with IBM to develop a “watershed moment” in the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for derivatives post-trade processing...

SIX finds new chair in Lacher
10 January 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX has given its interim board chair, Romeo Lacher, the position full-time with immediate effect...

Hong Kong trader spared jail for shorting violation
09 January 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A Hong Kong-based trader has avoided jail after being reprimanded for uncovered short selling violations...

SwapClear reveals record-breaking 2016
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH’s SwapClear service saw a record high in interest rate derivatives cleared in 2016, processing a total of over $665 trillion in 3.8 million trades...

EU confirms CCP parity for six markets
09 January 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has recognised the regulatory standard of central counterparties based in six global markets as being EU equivalent...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

SEC settles first-of-its-kind shorting suit
06 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a first-of-its-kind cease-and-desist proceedings against the senior management of Wilson-Davis & Co, a Utah-based broker-dealer, for short selling violations...

Cantor taps Jain for president
05 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Cantor Fitzgerald has bolstered its senior leadership with the addition of former Deutsche Bank co-CEO Anshu Jain as president...

TSX Venture's NEX Group sees repo growth in 2016
05 January 2017 Vancouver
Reporter: Drew Nicol

NEX Group beat difficult market conditions in Europe to report an 8 percent increase in its EU repo volumes for December...

December blues fail to dampen OneChicago's 2016
05 January 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago has posted its fifth consecutive record-breaking year for trading volumes, beating its 2015 target by 6 percent...

Eurex Clearing ends 2016 on a high
04 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing’s repo volume increased by 2.6 percent in December...

TD Securities finalises acquisition of AF&Co
04 January 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TD Securities has completed its acquisition of securities lending technology platform Albert Fried & Company...