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Leverage ratio needs omissions, say associations
08 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Five financial industry associations have joined forces to express their strong concern about the implications of including central bank cash balances within Basel III’s leverage ratio framework...

Clearstream: banks on track for T2S
08 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The vast majority of banks are confident that they’re prepared for implementation of TARGET2-Securities (T2S), according to a survey by Clearstream and Accenture...

Consob bans short selling of Italian bank shares
07 July 2016 Rome
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Italian financial services regulator Consob has been forced to impose multiple short selling bans on the share of the country’s banks this week after the financial sector suffered fierce market turbulence...

Microsoft’s Turner takes the helm at Citadel Securities
07 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citadel Securities has tapped Microsoft COO Kevin Turner to fill its vacant CEO position...

Brexit: the day after tomorrow
06 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s financial services firms were the biggest targets after the Brexit vote, according to DataLend...

Eurex Repo’s lower growth continues into June
06 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo’s outstanding volumes have now been lower than last year for six consecutive months, with average outstanding volume at the end of 2015 down €26.7 billion...

OCC boasts record-breaking June volumes
05 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation enjoyed a 39 percent boost to its securities lending new loans volume through its central counterparty in June, compared to the same month in 2015...

CloudMargin secures Little as its latest hire
05 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin has appointed David Little as non-executive director, effective immediately...

OneChicago to launch new SSF contract
04 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago saw its open interest fall by 41 percent for June, compared to the same time last year...

Greek bonds rejoin collateral pool
04 July 2016 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greek government bonds are once again available for use as collateral as of 29 June after the European Central Bank reinstated a waiver on the minimum credit rating requirements...

Trading Apps brings on Malpass from Fidessa
04 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Trading Apps has reshuffled its roster with the appointment Andrew Malpass as non-executive director...

S3 Partners launches shorting analytics for Bloomberg
01 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

S3 Partners has launched the BLACKLIGHT APPs Crowding Kit on the Bloomberg APP Portal to offer real-time analytics on crowded long and short trades...