Chressa (Chris) Kentouris has just joined International Securities Services Magazine's online edition as editor-in-chief. Chris was formerly the senior editor in charge of all news and feature articles on operations, data management, compliance, clearance and settlement, financial technology, and international matters for Securities Technology Monitor and was also the operations editor for Money Management Executive. Both publications are owned by Sourcemedia. Chris spent over two decades with Sourcemedia in a variety of management roles with predecessor publications and is well-known for her ability to report on the news behind the news.

Eddie Heaton, founder and CEO of Capital Markets Ltd. the owner of ISS said, "I am extremely pleased to announce that Chris Kentouris is to be our new Global Online Editor-in Chief. Chris does not need any introduction. She is possibly the most well-known journalist in our industry and brings over twenty years' worth of experience, know-how and contacts with her to ISS. I've long been an admirer of her work. I'm looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship and feel extremely confident that her presence at www.iss-mag.com will take us on to new levels of excellence."

In her new position, Chris will be expanding the original content of ISS-Mag.com to include not only news and feature articles, but also commentaries. She is eager to take on her new post and welcomes your suggestions on how to make the publication a must-read. She can immediately be reached at Chris.Kentouris@hotmail.com.

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The Loan Syndications and Trading Association, the U.S trade group for the syndicated loans market, is urging the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service to cut offshore collateralized loan obligations some slack when it comes to meeting the new U.S reporting requirements on U.S. investors living overseas.

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Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, says that Citi and JP Morgan have become the first administrative agent banks to send information in syndicated loans to lenders via the Financial products Markup Language (FpML).

European broker-dealers will increase spending on market surveillance programs covering equities and derivatives trading across Europe to E126 million in 2014 from E105 million in 2011, says a report just issued by Tabb Group.