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• RepoClear raises margin on Italian govvies following BTP volatility

  

  LCH RepoClear has raised its margin on several Italian government debt securities, but the market reaction has so far been muted, according to analysts.

  • 03:00 PM

• Codes of conduct: breathing life into dead words

  

  Are professional codes of conduct shining lodestars for how to behave in financial markets — or dusty screeds of boilerplate that no one can remember? That is what a group of enthusiasts are trying to discover, in the hope that such codes, if used in the best way, could genuinely improve behaviour.

  • 15 Jul 2018

• Fitch boosts Mongolia's credit rating

  

  Fitch upgraded the rating of Mongolia’s long term foreign currency debt to B from B- on Monday, causing the country’s outstanding dollar paper to tighten in the secondary market.

  • 10 Jul 2018

• Dysfunction paralyses Green Climate Fund

  

  The governance problems at the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund hit a new low this week when a four day board meeting was almost entirely taken up with procedural wrangling and failed to reach agreement on most of the agenda.

  • 05 Jul 2018

• Nomura slashes EMEA markets business as pressure mounts on volumes.

  

  Nomura has unveiled a big redundancy round in its EMEA global markets operation, with more than 50 front office staff at risk. The move comes as volumes in European fixed income disappoint once again, setting banks up for a rough set of second quarter numbers.

  • 05 Jul 2018

• BNPP hires new UK economist

  

  BNP Paribas said on Thursday that it had hired Paul Hollingsworth as UK economist.

  • 05 Jul 2018

• Green Climate Fund loses chief amid board deadlock

  

  Howard Bamsey has stepped down as executive director of the Green Climate Fund with immediate effect, at the end of a four day board meeting described as "very difficult and disappointing" by the organisation's co-chairman.

  • 04 Jul 2018

• FMSB firms up standards for new issue hedging

  

  The FICC Market Standards Board has released its final standard for conduct in new issue hedging, following a consultation launched in October last year.

  • 03 Jul 2018

• Danske beefs up in FIG origination with new hires

  Danske Bank has added two new members to its FIG origination team in Copenhagen.

  • 03 Jul 2018

• Swedbank taps fellow Nordic bank for syndicate expansion

  

  Swedbank has grown its DCM syndicate team after hiring an SSA and FIG focused banker from a Nordic rival.

  • 02 Jul 2018

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