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Wedbush Securities bolsters fixed income financing team

08 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Barry and Slovak will report to managing director Scott Skyrm and will both be based in New York

Eurex to offer MiFID II simulations ahead of January deadline

08 September 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex is set to offer its clients access to a simulation trading environment later this month ahead of MiFID II's January deadline

Citi and Deutsche Bank execute first SwapAgent trades

07 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH’s new SwapAgent service has completed its first trades, facilitating an interest-rate swap and an inflation swap between Citi and Deutsche Bank

Pirum’s Ben Challice heads to J.P. Morgan

07 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems COO Ben Challice is heading to J.P. Morgan to take charge of the bank’s collateral management and agency lending businesses in a newly created role

Citi bolsters APAC prime finance team

07 September 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Mailleux will be based in Hong Kong and start his new role in November

Citi brings in Jason Massey for futures, clearing and collateral

06 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In his new role, Massey will be based in London and report to EMEA head of sales for prime, futures and securities services, Danny Caplan

Brazilian exchange smoothes post-trade systems with Pirum

06 September 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new file standardisation process will enable Pirum to significantly expand its Brazilian trade reconciliations

North America slims down to T+2

05 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The shorter settlement timeframe also aligns these markets with the EU, which moved to a T+2 settlement cycle in 2014

ECB offers new safety standards for central bank triparty usage

05 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed standards with an eye on the final version coming into force by the end of the year or the beginning of 2018

World’s pension funds return to form in 2016

05 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The top 20 funds by asset size saw a higher increase than the overall ranking, with a 7.1 percent boost to AUM since 2011

Fed rules demands further securities lending contract safeguards for GSIBs

04 September 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Federal Reserve Board has adopted a rule requiring US GSIBs to amend QFCs to prevent their termination if the firm defaults

OCC’s growth continues

04 September 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 25 percent in new loans year-over-year in August, with 200,844 transactions

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