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Brendon Johns swaps Macquarie for FIS

26 February 2018 Cape Town
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Brendon Johns has left his role as equity finance manager at Macquarie Group to take on a new role at FIS

Lendingblock reveals ICO pre-sale date

26 February 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Lendingblock, a cryptocurrency and crypto-asset lending platform, has revealed that its ICO pre-sale will go live at 15:00 GMT on 9 March, ending at 15:00 GMT on 30 March

Vermeg acquires Lombard Risk

26 February 2018 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Vermeg has acquired Lombard Risk to create a â€œleading force in financial services solutionsâ€‌

Hedge funds continue to attract inflows, says J.P. Morgan survey

23 February 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Hedge funds continue to attract inflows, according to a J.P. Morgan 2018 Institutional Investor Survey

SEC votes to extend compliance date for liquidity classification

23 February 2018 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The deadline, which will be extended by six months, will provide funds additional time to complete implementation of the final rule's classification requirement

ISDA releases best practice for margin call issuance and response

23 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The ISDA CIC examined the minimum set of fields which is required to communicate the issuance of a margin call, as well as the expected response of a margin call

ESMA gives SSR technical advice

23 February 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Verena Ross, executive director at the ESMA, addressed the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament to discuss elements of the short selling regulation

Saxo Bank sees positive growth in 2017

23 February 2018 Copenhagen
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Saxo Bankâ€™s reported 33 percent increase in net profit follows the sale of its subsidiary Saxo Privatbank earlier this month

ROBO appoints BNY Mellon as custodian and sec lending agent

22 February 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ROBO Global, creator of the worldâ€™s first ETF to track the global RAAI sector, has selected BNY Mellon to provide the firm with custody and transfer agency services

FCA launches call for input on use of technology for regulation

22 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking views on how technology can make it easier for firms to meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of the information they provide

Euroclear sets out post-Brexit Irish CSD plans

22 February 2018 Dublin
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Euroclearâ€™s plan is to be operational in March 2019, to coincide with the withdrawal of the UK from the EU exactly two years from the UKâ€™s notification of its decision to leave

Unsecured euro money market borrowing down

22 February 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment fell from â‚¬112 billion in the ECBâ€™s seventh reserve maintenance period to â‚¬110 billion in its eighth such period

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