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Canadian pension plans experience fifth positive quarter
02 August 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Canadian pension plans and university endowments reported an increase of 1.53 percent in returns during Q2 2017, marking their fifth straight quarter of positive results

Lombard Risk dominates Canada with new mandate win
18 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has tightened its grip on the Canadian banking market with another major bank signed up to its flagship Colline collateral management solution

Northern Trust bolsters sales team
14 July 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has bolstered its global business development team with a series of senior appointments

Rule 15c3-3 reform offers equity collateral
22 June 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Potential reform of SEC Rule 15c3-3 is likely to change the US market, but the likes of the UK will see a realignment in trading rather than an out-and-out replacement

Canada must embrace term trades
06 June 2017
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Representatives of agent lenders have called on Canadian beneficial owners to open up their programmes to term trades

Canada bucks revenue trend in Q1
06 June 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canada's securities lending market bucked the trend of revenue dips in Q1 2017, DataLend's Chris Benedict has said

CCMA praises Canadian market participants on T+2 preparations
30 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Keith Evans praised the country’s financial markets regulators and participants in their efforts to prepare for the move to T+2 on 5 September, designed to “further strengthen” the marketplace

Canadian securities regulator expands T+2 proposals
19 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Canadian Securities Administrators has released its final proposal for the transition of mutual funds and equity and long-term debt to T+2 on 5 September

Canadian pension fund win streak continues
15 May 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canada’s pension funds achieved a fourth consecutive quarter of growth, posting returns of 2.9 percent in Q1, according to RBC Investor & Treasury Services

Lombard completes last piece of Colline services puzzle
23 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk has bolted on a new exchange-traded derivatives module to its flagship Colline platform

GFF: 11th-hour EMIR respite highly likely
25 January 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Last minute relief for market participants from the looming derivatives margin rules is highly likely, with many expected to miss the 1 March deadline, according to panellists at the Deutsche Börse Global Funding and Financing Summit...

EU confirms CCP parity for six markets
09 January 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has recognised the regulatory standard of central counterparties based in six global markets as being EU equivalent...