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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...

EXCLUSIVE: Eurex offers respite from capital costs
30 August 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing is preparing to offer a new hybrid membership model that combines elements of a direct clearing membership and the traditional client clearing service model...

Bank of Japan: Fintech the future for financial services
25 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain and artificial intelligence are likely to play a large part in financial services in the future, according to the governor of the Bank of Japan...

ECB proposes shadow banking tax
25 August 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank has proposed the introduction of a tax on ‘shadow banking’ profits in order to check the growth of the controversial alternative financing industry...

Weaver joins Citadel
24 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ex-BlackRock head of securities lending Michael Weaver has resurfaced as COO of Citadel Surveyor Capital...