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Community round-up: Libra names second GC in three months, ESMA names CCP committee

O’Melveny & Myers partner Stevan Bunnell has joined Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra as chief legal officer, while the European Securities and Markets Authority has nominated members for the central counterparties supervision committee formed under last year’s EMIR revision.

04 September 2020

SEC commissioner confirmed as enforcement co-director departs

The co-director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division Steven Peikin is set to step down, as the regulator welcomes new commissioner Caroline Crenshaw following her senate confirmation.

12 August 2020

Community round-up: Japan FSA hires Basel alumnus; US SEC names emerging risks director

Japan’s Financial Services Authority has appointed a former secretary-general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as its new head, while the US Securities and Exchange Commission has established an emerging risk examination team under newly-appointed associate director Adam Storch.

30 July 2020

José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz: 1970 - 2020

José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz, managing partner of top-tier Brazilian firm Mattos Filho, and considered one of the country’s sharpest minds in the banking and capital markets fields, has died unexpectedly aged 49.

24 July 2020

Community roundup: EBA head confirmed, Liechtensteiner and Russian regulators moving on

François-Louis Michaud has been approved as the European Banking Authority’s new executive director in spite of a parliamentary committee’s objections; a Liechtenstein-based bank has hired the country’s top banking regulatory official; and a senior Russian regulator is joining the Bank for International Settlements.

14 July 2020

45 under 45 – have your say

GBRR is assembling a "45 under 45" survey of the next generation of banking regulation practitioners – and we want our readers’ views on who should feature in it.

29 June 2020

New FCA chief executive named

London Stock Exchange chief executive Nikhil Rathi has been tapped to lead the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.

22 June 2020

Community round-up: FRC’s former chair joins Carlyle; Shearman hires from Cadwalader in New York

15 June 2020

Trilegal hires in Mumbai, Tanner De Witt promotes in Hong Kong

The head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ financial regulation practice Shruti Rajan, and partner Garima Joshi, are joining Indian firm Trilegal in its Mumbai office, while Hong Kong firm Tanner De Witt has promoted a new partner in its banking and finance department.

01 June 2020

BIS and Bank of Russia make market infrastructure appointments

Russia’s central bank has created a new department to regulate market infrastructure providers, while the Bank for International Settlements has named Federal Reserve alum Tara Rice as the new head of its committee on payments and market infrastructures.

29 May 2020