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Hong Kong SFC taps Atkinson for director
30 March 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has appointed Thomas Atkinson as executive director of enforcement for a three-year term, effective 3 May...

Montréal Exchange grows IRSF offering
18 March 2016 Montréal
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Montréal Exchange is expanding its interest rate derivatives offering with the launch of Canadian dollar interest rate swap futures, going live in September...

EU and US adopt CCP equivalence
16 March 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has formally acknowledged US central counterparty (CCP) regulation as equivalent to the EU...

IOSCO calls for greater collateral transparency
07 March 2016 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has joined industry voices in calling for a more granular data collection of collateral transactions...

Canadian early warning system exempts sec lending
29 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions have been exempted from changes to Canada’s early warning system in certain circumstances, the Canadian Securities Administrators has confirmed...

EXCLUSIVE: CIBC Mellon appoints new global head of sec lending
26 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CIBC Mellon has appointed Lisa Tomada as global head of securities lending, following the promotion of Jeffrey Alexander...

CIBC Mellon gains Front Street Capital mandate
23 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CIBC Mellon is set to provide securities lending administration, custody and fund accounting services to Front Street Capital’s 25 funds...

Eurex Clearing strips Maple Bank of its membership
09 February 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Maple Bank has been forced to cease all transactions through Eurex Clearing’s services, including its securities lending central counterparty, due to the ban on its German branch...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
25 November 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled its list of the most desirable stocks for securities lending for the week beginning 16 November...

Exclusive: Ferguson steps down as CASLA president
18 November 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Rob Ferguson has stepped down as president of the Canadian Securities Lending Association...

US sec lending dwarfs next nine markets combined
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US securities lending market is nearly twice as big as the next nine largest markets combined, according to DataLend’s latest report...

State Street gets currency swaps mandate
24 September 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street has been named as the collateral manager and custodian for the Department of Finance Canada’s currency swap programme...