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GMEX to provide IRS CMF on Eurex
07 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

As of 7 August 2015, Global Markets Exchange Group (GMEX) will provide a Euro-denominated Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Constant Maturity Future (CMF) for trading and clearing on Eurex...

ECB demands more collateral from Greece
07 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Central Bank has adjusted the haircuts on collateral that the Bank of Greece can accept for emergency liquidity assistance, turning the screw on the country’s already fragile banking system...

LCH.Clearnet recruits head of repo clearing for US
06 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

LCH.Clearnet Group has appointed John Vinci as head of its North American repo clearing business...

FSB launches shadow banking risk review
06 July 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Financial Stability Board has launched a peer review on the implementation of its policy framework for the financial risks posed by non-bank financial entities...

TriOptima eliminates $1.65 trillion AUD notional
06 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TriOptima has revealed that 20 financial institutions have reduced notional principal outstanding by $1.65 trillion in the first triReduce compression cycle for unlinked, cleared AUD interest rate swaps in LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear...

Wobbly June for Eurex Repo
03 June 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Eurex Repo reported an average outstanding volume of €183.2 billion across all markets for June 2015, a drop from €222.5 billion in June 2014...

Record-breaking June for OneChicago
02 July 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OneChicago’s June 2015 volume stood at 1.7 million, a 35 percent increase year-over-year and a new record for monthly volume...

SunGard's hottest stocks
02 July 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 22 June 2015...

Greece adds short selling ban to the mix
01 July 2015 Athens
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A complete ban of short selling was enforced across Greece on 30 June as the country attempts to prevent its economy from collapsing...

Wells Fargo confirms Sackett hire
01 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Wells Fargo Securities has confirmed that Robert Sackett has joined its prime services division as managing director and head of securities lending...

Broadridge wins BBVA post-trade mandate
01 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BBVA Group has adopted Broadridge’s Managed Service as a post-trade utility model to support its fixed-income business in the US...

OCC cleared contracts down from 2014
01 July 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OCC’s cleared contract volume in May reached 308.6 million contracts, a 3 percent decrease from the May 2014 volume of 319.7 million contracts...