In a similar vein to the G20 talks throughout the course of last year, Shyamala Gopinath, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has this month been discussing regulatory reforms aimed at reducing the risk around OTC markets via greater transparency and introducing new liquidity risk reporting measures. Gopinath is keen for the country to begin work on tackling the “key elements” for reform, she explained to a gathering of the Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association - Primary Dealers Association of India at the start of January.
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Target2-Securities (T2S) project has proved to be a controversial topic for some time and news this month that the launch of the new pan-European settlement system may be delayed by up to a year is unlikely to change matters. The ECB has confirmed that it has completed the approval process for the project’s general specifications, but the central bank has indicated it will be updating its programme plan at the end of February, which is rumoured to include a postponed launch date.
Last year, post-trade services vendor Omgeo added a trio of new hires to focus on bolstering its data related business solutions (see 
It has been a month since A-Team Group wrote about Kevin Milne’s departure from Xtrakter (see our coverage 
Following the reshuffle at its subsidiary Xtrakter last month (see our coverage 
Following its acquisition by Euroclear in April this year it was only a matter of time before a management shake up was conducted at Trax platform operator Xtrakter. The vendor, which was previously operated as a subsidiary of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), will now be headed by ex-Euroclear UK & Ireland CEO Yannic Weber, who is replacing current incumbent Kevin Milne.
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As part of its endeavour to establish itself as a clearing counterparty (CCP) in the OTC derivatives market, CME Group has this month selected two pricing solutions to support its CCP’s credit default swap (CDS) pricing and intraday risk management services: CMA’s DataVision and Fitch Solutions’ CDS Pricing Service. Anna Mazzone, vice president of product management and marketing at CMA, explains to A-Team Insight how DataVision will support CME Group’s OTC CDS Clearing service.
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