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CIBC Mellon CEO Monahan to retire
20 May 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CIBC Mellon president and CEO Thomas Monahan is preparing to retire at the end of 2016...

OCC at risk of losing AA+ S&P rating
20 April 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Options Clearing Corporation has staunchly defended its financial safeguards following Standard & Poor’s decision to put the central counterparty’s credit rating on CreditWatch with a negative designation...

US securities cases to be heard at state level
20 May 2016 New Jersey
Reporter: Drew Nicol

More US securities litigation cases may now be seen heard in state courts rather than at the federal level, following the unanimous ruling by the US Supreme Court on a case of alleged naked short selling...

Short sellers zero in on UK hospitality sector
20 May 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s hard-pressed hospitality sector has caught the eye of short sellers as the looming EU Referendum and legislative pressures have thrown the future of the sector into uncertainty, according to Markit...

Credit Agricole rejigs major clients division leadership
19 May 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Credit Agricole has reshuffled its senior leadership team within within the bank’s major clients division...

Challenging market hits Clearstream GSF volumes
19 May 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing business endured its fourth consecutive month of volume dips, with a 16 percent drop-off in both year-to-year for April and monthly average volume figures for 2016 so far...

GFT launches new regulatory compliance tool
19 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Consulting and software service provider GFT has launched its new Regulatory Change and Management Service, a tool for helping firms track regulatory changes in the industry...

Keane heads to Pirum
18 May 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems has taken on Robert Keane as product manager from BMO Global Asset Management...

Pirum revamps CCP Gateway with corporate actions
18 May 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Post-trade services provider Pirum has enhanced its CCP Gateway service with access to the voluntary corporate action messaging system of Eurex Clearing's Lending Central Counterparty securities lending service...

LSEG-Deutsche Börse merger documents imminent
18 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Shareholder documentation on the merger of the LSEG and Deutsche Börse is on track to be published in June, according to an update from the two institutions...

HSBC tackles new swap clearing rules
17 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC has launched a new over-the-counter clearing collateral service to support clients in meeting the requirements of the G20 swap clearing reforms...

ISDA launches new jurisdictional protocol aid
17 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has launched the ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol to help market participants adhere to national stay regulations...