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Standard Chartered to be CCB for Clearstream
18 December 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Standard Chartered Bank has been mandated to act as Clearstream’s CCB for the Emirati dirham, Bahraini dinar and Omani Rial...

DGCE to trade in UAE dirhams
18 December 2014 Dubai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation now allows members of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange to settle transaction in UAE dirhams as well as in US dollars...

ICE acquires Holland Clearing House
16 December 2014 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Intercontinental Exchange has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Holland Clearing House, and been granted full authorisation by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation...

BNY Mellon appointed for DIFC sukuk
15 December 2014 Dubai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has been appointed to act as delegate, principal paying agent, registrar and transfer agent for a new sukuk launched by the Dubai International Financial Centre Investments LLC...

ESMA cooperates with Australian regulators
11 December 2014 Sydney
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia to cooperate regarding CCPs...

LCH.Clearnet welcomes CCP reform
05 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Initial margin must remain the most important defence for CCPs, while stress-testing and transparency of results is the key to increasing confidence in them...

TriOptima and DTCC connect for EMIR compliance
04 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

TriOptima and DTCC have launched operations in data connectivity between DTCC’s Derivatives Repository Ltd and TriOptima’s triResolve portfolio reconciliation service...

Ajman Bank chooses Corona
26 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Islamic financial services institution Ajman Bank has implemented SmartStream’s Corona solution...

Fund Recs and CloudMargin partner up in the cloud
24 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Fund Recs and CloudMargin have formed a partnership to provide an integrated cloud-based collateral management and portfolio reconciliation platform to comply with EMIR regulations...

Russian traders to report European transactions
21 November 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Russia’s National Settlement Depository and the CME European Trade Repository have announced that Russian market participants will be able to report OTC transactions with European counterparties...

BNY Mellon appoints new Middle East leadership team
17 November 2014 Dubai
Reporter: Becky Butcher

BNY Mellon has made key changes to its leadership team in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and wider Middle East and Africa region...

TriOptima reconciliation gets an update
03 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TriOptima has claimed that its triResolve service for portfolio reconciliation offers a solution to the unmatched trade problem reporting that institutions are facing in European trade repositories...