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CCMA praises Canadian market participants on T+2 preparations

30 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Keith Evans praised the country’s financial markets regulators and participants in their efforts to prepare for the move to T+2 on 5 September, designed to “further strengthen” the marketplace

RMA offers amendments to Dodd-Frank rules

26 May 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Risk Management Association’s securities lending committee has written to the US Treasury as part of its President Donald Trump-mandated review of regulatory burdens on the financial system

Chile’s CSD looks to Nasdaq for sec lending platform

26 May 2017 Santiago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Nasdaq has been chosen by Chile’s central securities depository to create a securities lending accounting infrastructure as part of a major technology overhaul

Raccat launches securities finance dealership platform

25 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas’s David Raccat has decided to go it alone with the launch of Wematch.SecuritiesFinancing, a web-based tool aiming at disrupting the dealing process of securities financing markets

Northern Trust expands UAE operations

24 May 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has opened a new branch office in Abu Dhabi, as part of a continuing focus on business in the UAE

R3 raises record funds for DLT development

24 May 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The R3 group has raised $107 million in two tranches of fundraising, securing the largest ever investment in distributed ledger technology to date

Faber joins Actualize Consulting as collateral chief

24 May 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Actualize Consulting has brought on Mark Faber as managing director of collateral management services

EquiLend hires Hollyoake for post-trade team

23 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has secured Emily Hollyoake as a post-trade product specialist

Lacklustre T2S take up drives volume drop-off

23 May 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream warns of T2S’s failure to galvanise the market as its monthly volume slips 13 percent for April

IHS Markit signs Day for SFTR team

22 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IHS Markit has welcomed Stuart Day to its Securities Financing Transactions Regulation team

Exclusive: Justin Thiron joins Pirum Systems

22 May 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems have snagged EquiLend’s Justin Thiron for its first onshore presence in North America

LGPS board releases transparency code for managers

22 May 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Asset managers looking to claim mandates from the LGPS pooling initiative can now sign up to a new fee transparency code ahead of the April 2018 deadline

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