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Philippines central bank increases leverage ratio

18 January 2018 Manila
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas monetary board has approved new rules on minimum leverage ratio requirement for universal banks, commercial banks and their subsidiary banks and quasi-banks, effective 1 July

Steffen Jordan leaves SEB

17 January 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Jordan was head of markets for Germany for two years and head of securities finance for 11 years

Switzerland reviews securities lending transactions rules

17 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Switzerland’s FTA has re-opened the rulebook on the country’s withholding tax

Murex’s MX.3 goes live at Nationwide

17 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Murex's MX.3 front-to-back risk platform has gone live for Nationwide Building Society's treasury business

tZero to accept KodakCoin

17 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Blockchain platform tZero is set to include KodakCoin as its new platform’s first cryptocurrency

US class action lawsuit opens door to blockchain lending

16 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Blockchain startup Lendingblock is positioning itself to be an antidote to market problems identified in the ongoing US pension funds' class action lawsuit

DTCC hires new data services director

16 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lind will be responsible for guiding data businesses, including services that leverage data derived from DTCC’s global processing platforms

Short selling receives green light in Kenya

16 January 2018 Nairobi
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Kenya is to launch a regulated short selling and securities lending service after it was given approval by the country’s Capital Markets Authority

Tom Carey takes on new role at Broadridge

16 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Tom Carey to head up the firm’s new international business Broadridge International

Preparation, caution and improved NCB lending saves year-end repo

16 January 2018 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The improved securities lending programmes of EU national central banks has been praised by the industry as a crucial antidote to the year-end liquidity woes last month, according to ICMA

ISLA: German investment tax guidance overhaul is imminent

15 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

A revised draft to the German Investment Tax Act (GITA 2018) guidance notes is due within ten days, according to ISLA

Lombard Risk share prices soars after Vermeg takeover offer

12 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Lombard Risk has agreed to a cash for shares takeover offer from Vermeg Group

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