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ICMA seconds ISLA’s call for consistent regulation
29 April 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clarity and consistency must be ESMA's watchwords when it finalises its reporting requirements under the SFTR, according to the International Capital Market Association...

FIS hot stocks - 18 April
29 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hot stock favourites Logitech International, Tesla and Sembcorp took the top spots for EMEA, the Americas and Asia respectively in FIS Astec Analytics’s hot stocks list for the week starting 18 April...

ISLA: consistent regulation key to avoiding disruption
28 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Consistency in regulators’ definitions and an understanding of assets pools is essential to practical market rules for collateral reuse, according to the ISLA...

Blockchain tech in proxy voting prototype
28 April 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), the Russian central securities depository (CSD), has completed testing on its blockchain e-proxy voting technology...

Deutsche Börse offers helping hand to start-ups
28 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse has opened a fintech hub for German start-ups in Frankfurt in support of the Hessian State Government's fintech initiative...

Tradition to launch new collateral platform
28 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Swiss broker-dealer Tradition is launching a new peer-to-peer collateral trading platform...

Wilmington Trust hires Linden
27 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Wilmington Trust has hired Scott Linden as product leader for its collateral management business within its global capital markets division...

Nomura rolls back EMEA equity financing business
27 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Nomura Holdings has confirmed that it will be stripping back its equity financing operations throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

New Day for Societe Generale
26 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Societe Generale has appointed Charlie Day to run the bank’s equity prime brokerage business...

Cyber risk and Asia top systemic risk survey
26 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fears of cyber attacks have dropped significantly in the past year thanks to sustained investment in prevention, according to a Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation...

ESMA’s first stress test for EU CCPs looming
25 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will launch the first of its stress test exercises for EU central counterparties (CCPs) on 29 April...

Sec lending revenue saves BNY Mellon’s Q1 results
22 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon’s securities lending revenue reached $50 million in Q1, up from $46 million in the previous quarter...