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Buy-side reg compliance takes up a fifth of expenditure
10 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The cost of regulatory compliance is draining up to a fifth of smaller hedge funds’ total expenditure, an AIMA and GPP survey has found

Italian pension fund extends BNP Paribas mandate to securities lending
07 July 2017 Milan
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Italian pension fund Fondo Pensione Prevedi has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide it with securities lending services

ENSO claims Busby for head of sales
06 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Paul Busby has left HSBC to become head of sales at ENSO Financial Analytics

Spain taps Deutsche Bank for PSPP lending programme
06 July 2017 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Banco de España, the Spanish central bank, has chosen Deutsche Bank to manage its securities lending programme, which begins this month

Fend off reform fatigue, urges FSB
06 July 2017 Hamburg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board has called on the leaders of G20 nations to fend off reform fatigue and continue to work together

OneChicago expands futures products
05 July 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new No Dividend Risk Friday Futures will be available from 24 July 2017

FCA reveals final MiFID II rules
05 July 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has revised some of its proposals on implementation of MiFID II, issuing its final rules and guidance on the directive

OCC’s CCP sec lending continues to soar in June
04 June 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC’s securities lending activity through its central counterparty rose by more than a quarter in new loans in June

EquiLend and BondLend break trading record
03 July 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend and BondLend experienced a record-breaking trading day across the two platforms on 28 June 2017

BNP Paribas welcomes four new users for US custody platform
03 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas Securities Services has secured four new European online banks as clients for its US broker-to-custody platform

Citi launches big data platform for custody and fund services
30 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Katherine Brown

The platform concentrates on data analyses across Citi custody and fund services products and will be broadened to include investor services, which includes securities lending, at a later date

DTCC completes first trade on CCIT platform
30 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The first trade comes a month after the US SEC approved rule changes allowing institutional investors to participate directly in the clearinghouse through CCIT membership