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ROBO appoints BNY Mellon as custodian and sec lending agent

22 February 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ROBO Global, creator of the world’s first ETF to track the global RAAI sector, has selected BNY Mellon to provide the firm with custody and transfer agency services

FCA launches call for input on use of technology for regulation

22 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking views on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of the information they provide

Euroclear sets out post-Brexit Irish CSD plans

22 February 2018 Dublin
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Euroclear’s plan is to be operational in March 2019, to coincide with the withdrawal of the UK from the EU exactly two years from the UK’s notification of its decision to leave

Unsecured euro money market borrowing down

22 February 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment fell from €112 billion in the ECB’s seventh reserve maintenance period to €110 billion in its eighth such period

Deutsche Börse sees revenue growth for 2017

21 February 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Deutsche Börse has reported that its yearly revenue increased by 3 percent in 2017, ending the year with €2.4 million, compared to €2.3 million at the end of 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Sunil Daswani leaves Northern Trust

21 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Sunil Daswani, head of international securities lending at Northern Trust has left the company

Top of hot stocks: TechnipFMC PLC and Match

21 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

TechnipFMC PLC, formed by the merger of oil services companies, led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for EMEA last week

ISLA responds to BMF’s draft circular

20 February 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has sent a letter to the German Ministry of Finance responding to the BMF’s draft circular released on 25 January 2018 on the subject of a manufactured dividend rule