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Peter Seccia joins Jefferies
27 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Former Goldman Sachs executive Peter Seccia has joined Jefferies as global head of equity derivatives

State Street receives securities finance revenue boost
27 July 2017 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street earned securities finance revenue of $179 million in Q2 thanks to a boost at the bank in enhanced custody, as its assets under custody and administration exceeded $31 trillion for the first time

Myanmar sees first ever repo transaction
26 July 2017 Myanmar
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KBZ Bank and YOMA Bank have carried out the first ever repo trade in Myanmar

Synechron and SIX Group work on Calypso implementation
26 July 2017 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Synechron is helping SIX Group to implement Calypso v15, the SFR (Securities Finance Renewal) programme

Standard Chartered adds Ryan Cuthbertson to securities services team
26 July 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Standard Chartered has appointed Ryan Cuthbertson as head of product management, custody and clearing in the securities services and transaction banking business

Stock loan falls short for buy side as liquidity source
25 July 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Securities lending was voted the least popular source of liquidity in a survey of European buy-side heads of operations

Hedge fund H1 gains best since 2009
25 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The hedge fund industry has recorded one of its strongest H1 performance periods since the financial crisis, according to data and intelligence provider Preqin

RMA keynote The Mooch heads to the West Wing
24 July 2017 Naples
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Anthony Scaramucci, who appeared as keynote speaker at last year’s RMA securities lending conference in Florida, has been appointed as the White House communications director

Northern Trust’s Q2 lending revenue stutters
24 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust saw its securities lending earnings fall to $24.6 million in Q2

Euroclear achieves record-breaking H1 collateral volume
21 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Post-trade service provider Euroclear saw achieved "record levels" of collateral outstanding through its Collateral Highway in the first half of 2017

BNY Mellon rakes in $48 million
21 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon recorded securities lending revenue of $48 million in Q2 2017, as assets under custody and administration reached $31.1 trillion

LSEG and IBM partner for SME blockchain
20 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The framework will be built on Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0 and hosted by The Linux Foundation