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DTCC Appoints Bari Jane Wolfe Head of Regulatory Relations
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that Bari Jane Wolfe has been appointed to the new position of managing director, head of Regulatory Relations. Wolfe will spearhead DTCC’s regulatory relations function, overseeing interactions and ongoing work with regulatory bodies in the United States and internationally. Wolfe and the Regulatory Relations team will...
Global FX Division Announces Trade Repository Partner for Foreign Exchange Industry
The Global FX Division of AFME, SIFMA and ASIFMA announced today that its members are recommending a partnership with DTCC and Swift in order to develop a foreign exchange trade repository, where information can be stored electronically to provide additional transparency for regulators. This selection is the culmination of an extended evaluation, Request For Information...
IRM Appoints New Head of Partnerships
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Murray Barber as its new Head of Partnerships. Murray was previously the publisher of CIR magazine at Perspective Publishing. Steve Fowler, IRM’s Chief Executive commented “The Institute continues to grow in both numbers and influence in the UK and overseas and we...
Sifma Led Industry Coalition Backs DTCC/Swift as Facilities Manager and Issuer for ISO LEI, ANNA for Support Role
It’s official, the frontrunners in the bid to act as issuer and facilities manager for the incoming legal entity identifier (LEI), Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), have received the backing of the 17 strong Sifma led coalition of industry associations and firms (some interesting dynamics in the makeup of the group...
SIX Securities Services: New Head of Clearing and New Head of Clearing Relations
SIX Securities Services has appointed Urs Wieland as CEO of SIX x-clear. He succeeds Marco Strimer, who has led SIX x-clear for the past six years. In addition, Tomas Kindler, former Managing Director of LinkUp Markets, has joined SIX x-clear as the new Head of Clearing Relations. To continue the momentum it has developed in...
3di Launches Market Data Compliance & Dependency Management Solution
3di, a software and services specialist in market, reference and derived/computational data,today launched DCDM, its Data Compliance and Dependency Management solution. DCDM is a web-based tool that enables financial institutions to store & evaluate user, desk, application and exchange dependencies on third party market data. The solution will enable clients to pro-actively manage their vendor,...
Thomson Reuters Survey Highlights Top Four Areas of Bank Concern for OTC Derivatives Regulation
The uncertainty surrounding upcoming over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives regulation is prompting concern amongst banks in four key areas, according to a recent survey by Thomson Reuters. The implications of the regulations on capital requirements, workflow, the cost to trade and liquidity for single-bank platforms were highlighted by banks as unknown outcomes of most concern resulting from...
DTCC Names Adam Wysota Chief Technology Officer
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that Adam Wysota, an information technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the field, joined the organization on July 5 as managing director and chief technology officer. In this position, Wysota will be responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of DTCC’s critical...
ISDA Publishes 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today the publication of the 2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions. The Definitions represent a key development in the ongoing industry initiative to increase standardization and automation and further reduce risk across over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. The Definitions, published on July 8, include a Main Book and...
Two Years in Austin – the Low-Latency Capital of the World?
OK, I jest a bit with that headline. But it was two years ago this weekend that my good friend Allan Nixon (he used to work alongside me at Waters many years ago) and I rented a U-Haul and took a road trip from Brooklyn to Austin, Texas. In the back of the van were...