BlackRock revamps equity business 03 April 2017 New York Reporter: Drew Nicol BlackRock shakes up equity division with new products to reflect more sophisticated client demands
Goldman welcomes Bozorgi for equity 03 April 2017 London Reporter: Drew Nicol Goldman Sachs continues equities hiring spree with appointment of Poya Bozorgi
FCA sheds light on MiFID II rules 31 March 2017 London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published near-final rules on its implementation of MiFID II
ESMA issues final SFTR standards 31 March 2017 Paris Reporter: Mark Dugdale ESMA has issued its final report on standards for implementing SFTR, including a revision to collateral reporting
OCC lines up two new board members 31 March 2017 Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol OCC has lined up senior figures from ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago, and Citadel Securities, as replacements for departing board members.
CACEIS to provide sec lending services Orca Capital 30 March 2017 Munich Reporter: Drew Nicol CACEIS has been selected to provide securities lending services to Munich-based Orca Capital for Orca’s global securities and bonds trading business
Paralympic champion to close ISLA 2017 30 March 2017 Berlin Reporter: Drew Nicol The UK’s most successful paralympic athlete will be the closing keynote for this year’s ISLA conference
Goldman gains new global sec lending head 30 March 2017 New York Reporter: Drew Nicol Goldman Sachs fills global head of securities lending vacancy and forms new equities team for improved synthetics and prime services
UK kicks off Brexit with Article 50 activation 29 March 2017 London Reporter: Drew Nicol The UK has officially pulled the trigger on Article 50 and commenced the two-year negotiation process that will end in its exit from the EU
Deutsche Börse-LSEG merger blocked 29 March 2017 London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange Group
OCC clearers due $47m refund 29 March 2017 Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol OCC has confirmed that its next instalment of refunds and dividends will delivered later this year
Malaysia mulls short selling expansion 29 March 2017 Kuala Lumpur Reporter: Drew Nicol Malaysia's central bank hosted a roundtable with industry participants to discuss opening up repo and short selling
