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PASLA secures interim chair following Jones departure
08 December 2017 Tokyo
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Solway will hold this position in addition to his communication officer role until the association's meeting in March

Clock is ticking to save Germany’s lending market
07 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German securities lending market may be on the verge of a mass exodus next month if greater transparency and standardisation isn’t brought to GITA 2018, according to ISLA

ECB green lights collateral harmonisation project
07 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurosystem-wide collateral management system will merge 19 national systems into a single platform will replace the existing systems in an effort to increase overall efficiency

BACS has the need for speed, according to global custody audience
07 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

There needs to be more of a collaboration and a sense of partnership between global custodians, according to panellists at this year’s Global Custody Forum

The future’s bright, say securities lending panellists
06 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“The beneficial owner discussion is tending toward a more revenue-driven narrative as we look at how securities lending evolves for that side of the supply chain”, according to Simon Lee, managing director at eSecLending

Collateral pains stinging buy side
06 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“Regulation is limiting possibilities for the securities lending market”, according to Habib Motani, an international financial markets lawyer at Clifford Chance

Ocado delivers for short sellers
06 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ocado’s recent bounces in share price have failed to shake off short sellers in recent weeks, according to FIS Astec Analytics

BIS: CCPs could reduce segmentation in repo pricing
05 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Central clearing for repo trades could reduce market segmentation and lead to convergence in pricing, according to the Bank for International Settlements Quarterly Review

CSD Prague opens a direct account in Euroclear Bank SA/NV
05 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The account will allow the central securities depositary to access a wider range of services and to have access to many additional foreign markets, according to Euroclear

SFTR code of conduct not fit for purpose, says SASLA
05 December 2017 Johannesburg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The South African Securities Lending Association has raised serious concerns over the applicability of a proposed code of conduct for securities financing participants in the region

Eurex Clearing secures five signups for its OTC partnership programme
05 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

BGC Partners, Bloomberg, TP ICAP Group subsidiary i-Swap, Tradeweb and, Tradition’s Trad-X are on track to become approved platforms as part of the Eurex Clearing partnership programme

Ceres Securities gains Jones as senior trader
04 November 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Jones will join the firm’s equity finance team and report to managing director and co-founder Charlie McSwiggan