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Bank of England’s director for financial market infrastructure highlights the reduction of costs and risks in shortening the settlement cycle.

The two prototypes consist of a ‘blotter’ each, comprised of the trade reports published on a given day.

The past week saw a C-suite switch up and appointments across equities, sales trading and post-trade. 

The move with LSEG’s Yield Book business is set to enable SimCorp to complement its Axioma Risk models and portfolio construction capabilities. 

The joint asset management company - Kepler Cheuvreux Unigestion Equities – is set to specialise in quantitative strategies for public equities.

The TRADE sits down with head of electronic trading and execution strategy at Investec, Dominic Lowres, following the launch of the bank’s new low touch trading platform ZebrA-X, to deep dive into trends across the low touch sphere and the impact of shrinking commissions on the competitive landscape.

Expansion aims to provide increased access to the US markets for traders, particularly those based in APAC. 

Incoming individual has previously worked at: Topeka Capital Markets, Sidoti & Company, Maybank Kim Eng Securities, Auerbach Grayson, Natixis, and Scudder Investments.

Acquisition includes bond indices spanning government, credit, and emerging markets bonds; set to help bolster the firm’s fixed income index capabilities.

Following the taskforce report published on 6 February, the FCA is calling on the industry to engage and start planning as soon as possible.