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AIMA launches new Basel III impact survey
12 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A new survey exploring the impact of Basel III bank capital rules on money managers and their financing relationships has been launched by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and S3 Partners...

Markit secures purchase of CoreOne Technologies
12 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial information provider Markit has acquired CoreOne Technologies, a global provider of regulatory reporting index management, data management and prime brokerage services...

Citi snaps up Caplan and Kempton
12 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Former Deutsche Bank prime finance pair Simon Kempton and Daniel Caplan move to Citi...

Mathew Lewis to lead Axiom’s global banking practice
12 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Mathew Lewis has joined Axiom, a technology-enabled legal services provider, as co-head of its global banking practice...

Markit’s most shorted
11 August 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Tidewater, Bilfinger and Vanke are among the most shorted companies according to Markit's latest global data...

CSDR will damage securities lending market, says ISLA
11 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Securities Lending Association “fundamentally disagrees” with the Central Securities Depository Regulation’s implementation of mandatory buy-ins for securities lending transactions...

Caplan and Kempton confirmed to leave Deutsche Bank
11 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Bank’s Daniel Caplan, head of global prime finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa region,, and Simon Kempton, managing director in prime finance for Europe, are leaving the bank, it has been confirmed...

ConvergEx offers new risk controls to liquidity providers
10 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ConvergEx, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading services provider, has launched its new Capital Commitment Crossing Algorithm for options facilitation trading...

ESMA issues advice on CSDR settlement fails
10 August 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued its technical advice on appropriate penalties for settlement fails under the central securities depository regulation...

Greece bans short selling again
10 August 2015 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greece has instituted another four-week ban on short selling, but this time with a new exemption for market makers...

AcadiaSoft speeds to market with Xpress
10 August 2015 Norwell, Massachusetts
Reporter: Drew Nicol

AcadiaSoft, an electronic margining provider of over-the-counter derivatives, has launched its latest platform offering, MarginSphere Xpress…

FSB delays due to asset managers’ concerns
07 August 2015 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board has decided to delay finalising the assessment methodologies for non-bank, non-insurer global systemically important financial institutions...