Pension funds given three-year exemption to EMIR central clearing 05 May 2017 Brussels Reporter: Drew Nicol Pension funds have been handed a three-year exemption from central clearing of OTC derivatives under EMIR
Cowen gains new head of risk for prime 05 May 2017 London Reporter: Drew Nicol Cowen Group has recruited Bernard Minsky to its international prime services team as head of risk management
Malaysia allows corporate bond short selling 04 May 2017 Kuala Lumpur Reporter: Drew Nicol Principal dealers were permitted to conduct regulated short selling of corporate bonds from 13 April
ICMA elects new chair and board 04 May 2017 Luxembourg Reporter: Drew Nicol Martin Egan, global co-head of primary and credit markets and origination at BNP Paribas, has replaced Spencer Lake as chair of ICMA
SEC to build bridges with broker-dealers 04 April 2017 Washington DC Reporter: Drew Nicol The US SEC has invited broker-dealers to a free-to-attend event on 27 July to discuss market compliance and improve regulator-market communication
French elections revive European markets 03 May 2017 Frankfurt Reporter: Drew Nicol The first round of the French election prompted rallies in Europe’s beleaguered equities markets, while fixed income also saw sharp corrections, according to Eurex
OneChicago enjoys volume boom 03 May 2017 Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol Expensive equity positions saw investors leverage spreads to change tack in favour of delta one-equivalent single stock futures
DTCC expands repo clearing services 03 May 2017 New York Reporter: Drew Nicol The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s US clients can now leverage additional balance sheet relief by centrally clearing repos
Eurex bags news as innovation chief 02 May 2017 Frankfurt Reporter: Drew Nicol Eurex has brought on Romanos Daniel as chief innovation officer to tackle "year of change" for the derivatives industry
Securities lending up for OCC in April 02 May 2017 Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol Chicago-based clearinghouse OCC chalked up a 7 percent year-over-year increase in new loans through its central counterparty in April.
Pension funds pick NT for sec lending 28 April 2017 Belfast Reporter: Stephanie Palmer Northern Trust has secured its thirteenth Irish state pension fund as a securities lending services client
BoE money markets code gets ISLA approval 28 April 2017 London Reporter: Drew Nicol The code offers market best practice principles and acts as a revision and update of the securities borrowing and lending code and the gilt repo code
