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BME Clearing sees derivative slump in August
05 September 2016 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Spanish stock exchange BME Clearing’s derivative market saw an 11 percent drop off in volumes for August, compared to the same time in 2015.

EXCLUSIVE: Bergson joins Pirum
02 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems has brought on Morgan Stanley’s Harold Bergson as a technical lead to develop its enhanced product set...

SEC amends swaps reporting rules
02 September 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has formally adopted amendments to its reporting requirements for security-based swaps data repositories...

OneChicago suffers volume drop-off in August
02 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw its trading volume fall by 21 percent in August compared to the same time in 2015...

OCC enjoyed a sec lending boom in August
02 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation’s securities lending activity was up 35 percent in new loans in August, compared to 2015, with 160,798 transactions recorded...

Eurex Repo average volume falls in August
01 September 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo’s average outstanding volume in August was €32 billion below what was recorded in the same month in 2015, parent company Deutsche Börse has reported...

OCC freshens up board of directors roster
01 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation has appointed Thomas Wittman as an executive director to replace Gary Katz on its board of directors, effective immediately...

LCH gains CCP approval in Hong Kong
01 September 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

LCH has been authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to provide automated trading services in Hong Kong via its SwapClear and ForexClear services...

Another new face at Lombard Risk
01 September 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Lombard Risk has hired Thomas Chevalier to the newly created position of business development manager for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal and Greece...

Vanguard to open ETFs to sec lending
31 August 2016 Pennsylvania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Vanguard Asset Management is preparing to allow select exchange-traded funds to engage in securities lending transactions as an additional revenue source...

FSB: members must improve OTC margin compliance
31 August 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Around half of Financial Stability Board member jurisdictions need to “urgently take steps” to get back on track with their implementation of over-the-counter margin requirements, according to the FSB...

BCBS advises G20 to delay CCP reg deadline
30 August 2016 Hangzhou
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deadlines for implementing Basel III’s capital requirements for CCP exposures and margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives should be pushed back, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...