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BNY Mellon hires Dennis Presburg
03 January 2018 Berlin
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dennis Presburg joins BNY Mellon to lead asset servicing sales in Northern Europe

Linedata teams up with LSE’s Una Vista for MiFID II
03 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Linedata will use UnaVista as an approved reporting mechanism to report transactions to national competent authorities for all required asset classes

MiFID II goes live
03 January 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) has now become effective as a part of EU legislation

Texan broker completes first CME Clearing bitcoin futures trade
02 January 2018 Houston
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Choice! Natural Gas, a portfolio company of inter-dealer broker OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), has completed its first bitcoin-denominated futures block trade through CME Clearing

Vela expands data hub offering
02 January 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Vela has expanded its systematic internaliser data hub offering with Virtu Financial, part of its second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) solution suite

ESMA delays LEI requirements for MiFID II
22 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA) has issued a delay to the enforcement of the LEI requirements for the MiFID II

Caceis gains ICF bank trading platform mandate
21 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Caceis has received a mandate from ICF Bank to be the settlement agent for the Frankfurt-based bank’s Quotrix platform

EFAMA welcomes EC proposal
21 December 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

EFAMA has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for a directive and regulation to establish a self-standing prudential regime for investment firms

Silverfinch and ICE team up on data solution
21 December 2017 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Silverfinch has agreed to provide ICE Data Services’s clients with data on the MiFID II and PRIIPs regulations

European real estate firms create think tank
20 December 2017 Milan
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The entity aims to act as a framework for research projects to strengthen innovation and the sustainability of best practices across the firms

LCH establishes clearing of credit index options
20 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The central counterparty is the first clearinghouse to implement a risk framework specifically for the clearing of credit index options

DTCC-Euroclear names new CEO and board member
19 December 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral has named Olivier Grimonpont (pictured) as CEO and Murray Pozmanter as a board member