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EU regulators dismiss OTC amendments
12 September 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Three European regulators have joined forces to voice their disagreement with the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the final draft RTS for OTC derivatives...

T2S wave three must be a success, says BNY Mellon
09 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The third wave of Target2-Securities implementation will be the tipping point that decides whether the project justifies the investment that has been made in the platform, according to BNY Mellon’s Tom Casteleyn...

High borrow costs stifle North American short interest
09 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

North America’s most expensive stocks to borrow have underperformed for a fourth consecutive month, according to IHS Markit...

JonesTrading brings on Volz
09 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

JonesTrading has enticed Andrew Volz to become its managing director and head of prime services...

UK pension funds consolidate asset pooling strategy
08 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Brunel Pension Partnership, an investment pooling project for 10 local government pension funds across South West England, has appointed bfinance as the group’s investment advisor...

Zlotchenko joins Hazeltree as chief technology officer
08 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hazeltree, a buy-side treasury management solutions provider, has appointed Sol Zlotchenko as its chief technology officer...

Brazilian exchange joins R3
07 September 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazil’s BM&FBovespa has become the first exchange to join the R3 network to pursue market uses of distributed ledger technology.

Technology dominates global hot stocks lists
07 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology firms took centre stage in all three regions covered by the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week starting 29 October...

AFME wades into asset segregation debate
07 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe has joined the chorus of industry bodies calling for global consistency across asset segregation regulations...

Lombard Risk bolsters Nordics team with Trace
06 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has brought on Jonathan Trace to the newly created role of business development manager for the Nordics and Netherlands...

WFE: blockchain regs must align globally
05 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has warned global regulators of the need for consistency in any future regulations on distributed ledger technology...

FSB on track for 2018 shadow banking deadline
05 September 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board is committed to meeting its December 2018 deadline for implementing its reporting framework on ‘shadow banking’, according to its progress report on tackling data gaps in financial markets...