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S&P Global promotes Lloyd to head Cappitech
03 January 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Struan Lloyd joined S&P Global (formerly IHS Markit) in 2019 from CME Group where he acted as head of the APAC trade repository in Singapore

Citi hires Robinson as global head
03 January 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Former J.P. Morgan global head Pitts Robinson has joined Citi as global head of securities financing product

Fechter steps down from Deutsche Börse Group
02 January 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Tilman Fechter was head of strategy fund services at Deutsche Börse and was a member of the management board at Clearstream

Edaa delays shortening settlement cycle
02 January 2024 Qatar
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The move, which was originally scheduled for 2 January 2024, has been pushed back to March

ESAs propose extending the EMIR equity option exemption
21 December 2023 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The draft proposes a two-year extension to the equity option exemption from bilateral margining as well as issue a no-action opinion

EIB Group and BNP Paribas sign new securitisation transaction
21 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The EIB Group has signed a synthetic securitisation transaction with BNP Paribas for a total amount of €106 million

ICMA survey shows outstanding value of €10,794 billion for June 2023
20 December 2023 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The survey analyses the value of outstanding repo plus reverse repo on the books of 62 participants before 14 June 2023

Baton partners with J.P. Morgan for collateral management optimisation solution
20 December 2023 US
Reporter: Klea Neza

The firms have partnered to enable tri-party clients to automate the optimisation of collateral to meet margin calls at a range of CCPs globally

ICMA welcomes four new members
19 December 2023 Europe, Korea
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Joining ICMA are Banque Nomura France, Wells Fargo Securities Europe, Wells Fargo Securities International and the Korea Exchange

Davy Capital Markets goes live on Torstone post trade platform
19 December 2023 UK
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The capital markets firm is using the platform to help with both middle and back office processing and bolster its operational efficiency and regulatory compliance

Shkolnicova joins KPMG
18 December 2023 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Previously, Shkolnicova held a four year tenure as director of BNY Mellon, where she led client strategy and client solution design

ESMA publishes consultation on CSDR penalty mechanism
18 December 2023 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

The consultation aims to collect data on the effectiveness of the current penalty mechanism in discouraging settlement failures and incentivising their rapid resolution