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TriOptima expands triResolve Margin to offer SWIFT payment infrastructure

TriOptima, an infrastructure service that helps to lower costs and to mitigate risk in OTC derivatives markets, has today announced it is extending its triResolve Margin collateral management service to support automated SWIFT payment capabilities.

CEM Benchmarking expands UK team

CEM Benchmarking Inc, a specialist in assessing value for money in pension scheme investment and administration, has expanded its UK team with the appointment of Rhijuta Dahal and Joao Barata as investment analysts and David Jennings as a client relationship manager.

BNY Mellon successfully onboards Liontrust

BNY Mellon reports this morning that it has successfully onboarded Liontrust Asset Management Plc as the first end-to-end client on its new Investment Operations platform.

UK finance minister Sajid Javid in shock resignation

Two reactions to this news. One, it is a genuine shock. A big story. There must be much more to it than meets the eye.

Two, who on earth is Rishi Sunak, being touted as his replacement?

Golf as it SHOULD be played

Launch of The Scottish Hickory Tour 2020

The world’s best hickory players came together yesterday to compete in the first Scottish Hickory Tour since 1930. In a series of ten tournaments, starting with the James Braid’s 150th Anniversary Hickory Open (which took place yesterday), the world’s top 20 professionals and top 40 amateurs will qualify to participate in the Final over Lundin Links in October.

To celebrate the launch of the tour, the World’s Top Hickory Golfers congregated on this special day in golfing history, the 6th February 2020, at the Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club for the ‘IceBreaker’ James Braid’s 150th Anniversary Hickory Open event.

It was played on this special day in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the birth of the famous golfer James Braid, five time Open Champion and Designer of over 400 Golf Courses in Scotland including: Brora, Bruntsfield, Dalmahoy, Gleneagles, Goodwood Downs, Lundin Links, Boat of Garten, Grantown on Spey, The Glen, Royal Musselburgh, Monktonhall, Walton Heath and many others.

In the morning, the first nine holes were played over Braid Hills in memory of James Braid, yet despite its name, this course was not designed by James Braid, rather, it is laid out over Braid Hill. The players then moved on to the Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club in the afternoon for another nine holes.

The course was originally designed by Ben Sayers in 1907 and altered by James Braid in 1936. The course is challenging and fun, and was a good test for players, including past World Hickory Open Winners Fraser Mann (Scotland) and Andrew Marshall (England).

For more details and dates of the Tour, click on

https://thescottishhickorytour.com/