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New horizons for BCS Global Markets
12 September 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BCS Global Markets has appointed two new regional managing directors as part of a drive to continue expansion and business development...

SEC charges ARCP executives
09 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Shirley Fehr Rodriguez

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two former accounting executives with overstating the financial performance of a real estate investment trust...

McDonnell expands his role at HSBC
08 September 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

HSBC has appointed Tony McDonnell as head of sales and business development for its securities services unit in Europe...

Brazilian exchange joins R3
07 September 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazil’s BM&FBovespa has become the first exchange to join the R3 network to pursue market uses of distributed ledger technology.

AFME wades into asset segregation debate
07 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe has joined the chorus of industry bodies calling for global consistency across asset segregation regulations...

BNP Paribas commits to responsible investment
07 September 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

BNP Paribas Securities Services has signed up to the principles for responsible investment (PRI)...

Keith Hale takes on CEO role at Multifonds
06 September 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Multifonds has appointed Keith Hale as CEO, replacing Oded Weiss, who will remain at the company providing senior counsel to clients on global initiatives...

SmartStream’s solution accredited by SWIFT
06 September 2016 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SmartStream’s Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) Corporate Actions solution has been awarded SWIFT certified application status...

Lombard Risk bolsters Nordics team with Trace
06 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has brought on Jonathan Trace to the newly created role of business development manager for the Nordics and Netherlands...

SIX recovers H1 data with real estate sale
05 September 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX’s securities services operating income for the first half of 2016 was saved by the inclusion of a real estate sale worth CHF 26 million....

WFE: blockchain regs must align globally
05 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The World Federation of Exchanges has warned global regulators of the need for consistency in any future regulations on distributed ledger technology...

SEC amends swaps reporting rules
02 September 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has formally adopted amendments to its reporting requirements for security-based swaps data repositories...