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Olivetree Financial adds Ward to its events team
17 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Olivetree Financial has appointed Fred Ward to boost its events driven sales team and consultancy skills for the buy side...

EU securities market at very high risk, says ESMA
17 September 2015 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

European securities markets are severely at risk from high volatilities and fluctuating performances across asset classes, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...

Bloomberg aids Rabobank’s Basel III compliance
17 September 2015 Utrecht
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Rabobank is the latest bank to adopt Bloomberg’s high quality liquid assets (HQLA) solution to assist with Basel III compliance requirements...

Trafigura ups Nyrstar stake ahead of looming refinancing
16 September 2015 London
Reporter: Dealreporter

Dealreporter’s Adnan Siddique, CFA, discusses the latest European pre-event ideas: beleaguered miner Nyrstar, activist targets Fenner and bookie William Hill

BNP Paribas takes on a fifth of Colombian asset managers
16 September 2015 Bogotá
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas Securities Services has successfully implemented new custody mandates for 16 Colombian asset managers...

EquiLend joins Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP
16 September 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

EquiLend has connected its securities lending platform to Eurex Clearing’s central counterparty service...

Banks agree to four-way data agreement
15 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Four major banks have agreed to enhanced record-keeping protocols with the New York State Department of Financial Services when using the new Symphony Communications chat and messaging platform...

HSBC appoints new head of securities services
15 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HSBC Securities Services has appointed Rafael Moral Santiago as head of securities services in Europe...

SEC lifts OCC capital stay
14 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US SEC has lifted a temporary stay of OCC’s proposed capital plan amid a challenge from options competitors...

Nikkei 225 short interest increases
14 September 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short sellers did not drive a recent one-day rise of Japan’s Nikkei 225, according to Markit...

OFR guide criticises sec lending reporting standards
11 September 2015 Washington
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending and bilateral repo reporting data is “spotty and incomplete”, according to an Office of Financial Research (OFR) Reference Guide.

Unlinked cleared swaps slash outstanding NZD
11 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TriOptima and LCH.Clearnet are expanding their consolidation of unlinked, cleared interest rate swaps, eliminating 30 percent of New Zealand dollar notional outstanding in first SwapClear NZD cycle...