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OCC issuing $39m refund to clearing members
21 December 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

OCC will implement its approved capital plan in 2016, issuing a $39 million refund to clearing members and a dividend of $17 million to stockholder exchanges, and a new fee schedule marking a 19 percent drop in cost...

EBA finalises shadow banking and NSFR proposals
18 December 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Banking Authority has finalised its guidelines on limits on institutions' exposures to ‘shadow banking’ entities and recommended the introduction of the net stable funding ratio for the EU.

Clearstream to open route to Georgia
18 December 2015 Tbilisi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream will open a domestic link in Georgia, becoming the first international central securities depository to establish a link with the country...

EXCLUSIVE: Orange takes on Natixis role
18 December 2015 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Romuald Orange, formally of Crédit Agricole, has been snapped up by Natixis after going on gardening leave in November...

Fed finally raises interest rates
17 December 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Federal Reserve’s board has voted unanimously to raise interest rates from 0.25 to 0.5 percent for the first time since 2006...

OFR: threat to US financial system on the rise
17 December 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The level of threat to financial stability in the US has increased during 2015, according to the Office of Financial Research...

HazelTree & Goldman Sachs revamp cash management
17 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Treasury management provider HazelTree and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have joined forces to offer financial institutions automated cash management services...

IOSCO survey pinpoints key risks
17 December 2015 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Maintaining market liquidity of secondary trading in bond markets is among the biggest challenges to fair and efficient markets, according to a market risk analysis survey...

4sight and Pirum build upon partnership
17 December 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology providers 4sight and Pirum have created a new interface between their securities lending platforms...

Finglas signs up at Citi
16 December 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Jemma Finglas has taken on a new role at Citi following her resignation from BNP Paribas in September...

BBH launches industry first STP interface for CME
16 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brown Brothers Harriman has unveiled the industry's first straight-through processing interface to CME Clearing’s collateral connect messaging protocol...

FINRA’s Paul Andrews joins IOSCO
16 December 2015 Madrid
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Paul Andrews has been appointed as secretary general of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, succeeding David Wright, who has been with IOSCO since 2012...