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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...

Cowen presses ahead with prime expansion
06 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Cowen Group has continued its acquisition spree in the prime brokerage space with the purchase of Conifer Securities...

Lombard Risk hires Lees as sales director
05 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Lombard Risk has grown its senior management team by appointing Kieran Lees to the role of global sales and marketing director...

UAE authority approves NBAD for lending activity
05 August 2015 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Securities and Commodities Authority in the UAE has granted approval for the National Bank of Abu Dhabi to engage in securities lending and borrowing activities, making it the first bank to receive approval...

Nordic custody win for BNY Mellon
04 August 2015 Copenhagen
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has been selected to provide custody and securities lending services for Danish insurance company Topdanmark A/S...

Record-breaking July a relief for OCC
04 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

OCC saw record levels of cleared contract volumes in July 2015, however year-to-date volumes are still behind last years’ figures...

Summer success for OneChicago
04 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

OneChicago saw volumes of 1.16 million in July 2015, an impressive 44 percent increase on July last year...