Citi Hong Kong’s head of securities services joins HKEX
Cindy Chen will oversee the post-trade business development team, as well as the blockchain project HKEX is working on with Digital Asset.
Post trade
Eurex clears first repo trades on BrokerTec
After connecting last month, BrokerTec clients can choose Eurex Clearing as the CCP for clearing EUR repo trades.
ICE Clear Credit gains clearing house status in Singapore
ICE Clear Credit is now a recognised clearing house in the country after gaining approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Societe Generale to establish clearing base in Paris
As Brexit looms, Societe Generale is to open a new base in Paris for clearing of derivatives and OTC products by the end of the year.
Eurex Clearing gains ground with profit scheme for repo
Major investment banks including Citigroup and JP Morgan sign up to use the Eurex clearing profit scheme for repo as Brexit looms.
ABN Amro to clear Eurex FX futures and options
ABN Amro Clearing to provide support for classic FX derivatives contracts with monthly and quarterly expiries, as well as rolling spot futures.
LCH SwapClear sees $1 quadrillion notional cleared record
As of 30 November LCH SwapClear’s cleared notional volumes year to date totalled just over $1 quadrillion.
Tradeweb taps Eurex for direct clearing of interest rate swaps
The first interest rate swap trade at Tradeweb executed between Union Investment and Citigroup has already been cleared following connection to Eurex.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley go live with CLS blockchain service
CLSNet operates on a distributed ledger technology platform for automated bilateral payment netting of FX trades.
LCH ForexClear compresses $4.5 billion of cleared notional
Citi and Standard Chartered are among the first institutions to actively compress trades with LCH ForexClear.