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OCC’s growth continues
04 September 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 25 percent in new loans year-over-year in August, with 200,844 transactions

Deutsche Bank names new Asia Pacific securities services head
01 September 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Deutsche Bank has appointed Anand Rengarajan as head of securities services for the Asia Pacific

Securities lending doesn’t undermine long-only portfolios, experts says
01 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

A common argument against securities lending—that it supports short sellers and so undermines the value of long only portfolios—is without foundation, Simon Waddington of State Street has argued

Cowen continues to build lending team
31 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Jason Sardina follows Matt Baldassano from Jefferies, who moved in 2016 to become Cowen’s head of securities finance

Securities lending market adapting to liquidity crunch, says ISLA
30 August 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Quarter-end volatility calmed in the first half of 2017, compared to the year before, according ISLA report

B3 brings lending to new clearing platform
30 August 2017 Brasília
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazilian exchange and clearinghouse B3 has moved corporate bonds and equities lending to its new multi-asset clearing platform, in the latest phase of its pos-trade overhaul

US broker-dealer fined for ADR violations
30 August 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A second broker-dealer has been fined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for securities lending violations relating to the facilitation of naked short selling

Fidelity brings on Meade for sec lending
29 August 2017 Boston
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fidelity Investments has snapped up Jeremy Meade from Goldman Sachs for its securities lending desk

EU expert group assess post-trade barriers
29 August 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Post-Trade Forum has outlined how to improve EU post-trade services including clearing, settlement and collateral management by in a report written in May and released last week

US Fed to draft alternative repo rates
29 August 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Federal Reserve is to create three new “risk free” reference rates based on overnight repo transactions secured by US treasuries

LSE and NEX among new APA providers
25 August 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The London Stock Exchange Group, NEX Regulatory Reporting, Bloomberg, Tradeweb and Trax are all poised to publish post-trade transparency reports on behalf of clients

State Street's Han leads Asia agency lending
25 August 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street has promoted William Han to head of agency lending in Asia