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Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 goes live

12 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain developer Hyperledger has achieved a “huge milestone” with the launch of Hyperledger Fabric 1.0, according to IBM chief technology officer of open technology Chris Ferris

CCP use on the up, says ECB

12 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Banks reported that the use of CCPs had increased between March and May for many types of collateral and both average and most-favoured clients

CFTC welcomes new chief innovation officer

11 July 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Daniel Gorfine as director of LabCFTC and chief innovation officer, effective immediately

ESMA calls for industry comment on short selling rules

11 July 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ahead of the consultation, which will run until 4 September, ESMA published a new whitepaper that addresses the exemption in short selling regulations for market making activities

Buy-side reg compliance takes up a fifth of expenditure

10 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The cost of regulatory compliance is draining up to a fifth of smaller hedge funds’ total expenditure, an AIMA and GPP survey has found

New tool to tackle FX risk exposure

07 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

NEX Optimisation has launched a new automated credit rebalancing tool to combat limit over-allocation by prime brokers

Italian pension fund extends BNP Paribas mandate to securities lending

07 July 2017 Milan
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Italian pension fund Fondo Pensione Prevedi has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide it with securities lending services

ENSO claims Busby for head of sales

06 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Paul Busby has left HSBC to become head of sales at ENSO Financial Analytics

Spain taps Deutsche Bank for PSPP lending programme

06 July 2017 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Banco de España, the Spanish central bank, has chosen Deutsche Bank to manage its securities lending programme, which begins this month

Fend off reform fatigue, urges FSB

06 July 2017 Hamburg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board has called on the leaders of G20 nations to fend off reform fatigue and continue to work together

OneChicago expands futures products

05 July 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new No Dividend Risk Friday Futures will be available from 24 July 2017

LSM plans post-Brexit Luxembourg move

05 July 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Indemnity insurance provider Liberty Specialty Markets will move its EU business headquarters from London to Luxembourg, as part of its post-Brexit strategy

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