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LCH names new COO
27 October 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

John Horkan, who will based in New York, will take up the COO role alongside his current responsibilities as head of North America at LCH

SEC grants relief to US brokers on MiFID II
27 October 2017 New York
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The division of investment management issued three no-action letters, providing 30 months relief, allowing US broker-dealers to receive payments in hard dollars

Northern Trust sees custody earnings increase
27 October 2017 Chacago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The bank's custody and administration earnings have increased by 13 percent, from $299.4 million in Q3 2016 to $338.1 million in Q3 this year

Kengeter steps down as Deutsche Boerse CEO
26 October 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Kengeter, who has been CEO since 2015, has agreed to step down, amid the ongoing investigation into insider trading activity

RBC I&TS picked as custodian for Ireland fund
26 October 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

RBC I&TS will provide custody, fund administration, treasury, collateral management and related UCITS fund services from its operations in Dublin

Euroclear welcomes ICE as new shareholder
26 October 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear approved the acquisition of shares equivalent to 4.7 percent of its total shareholdings

DTCC enhances its European GTR for SFTR
25 October 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new bolstered SFTR offering will be a significant addition to the existing reporting capabilities, affecting 45 regulators around the world who have access to GTR data

Solvassure creates first-of-its-kind integrated reg platform
25 October 2017 London
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The compliance platform addresses demands under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Accountability Regime, to help firms meet next year's regulatory deadlines

RBC bolsters product management team
24 October 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Geert Pick, who will be based in London, will report to Paul Stillabower, global head of product management

SIFMA elects board for 2018
24 October 2017 New York
Reporter: Theo Andrew

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Authority has elected its principal officers for 2018, naming Lisa Kidd Hunt, executive vice president of Charles Schwab & Co, as its chair

Merrill Lynch first to fall foul of UK’s EMIR reporting rules
23 October 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The bank accepted a £34.52 million penalty relating to 68.5 million unreported transactions between February 2014 and February 2016

Wolters Kluwer chosen for risk and reg by Polish bank
23 October 2017 Warsaw
Reporter: Theo Andrew

Bank BPS will use the OneSumX solutions for static and dynamic projection analysis, liquidity reporting, interest-rate and foreign-exchange risk, as well as value-at-risk analysis