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OneChicago enjoys volume boost in November
02 December 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Katherine Brown

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw its trading volume increase by 35 percent year-over-year as of November...

PIMCO fined $20m for ETF ‘odd lots’ disclosure failure
02 December 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Investment management firm PIMCO has been fined $20 million by the US SEC for misleading investors about the performance of one its first actively managed ETFs...

OCC sees sec lending growth in November
02 December 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was up 35 percent in new loans in November...

EXCLUSIVE: ISLA's Davis heads to J.P. Morgan
01 December 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Securities Lending Association's Claire Davis has shifted gear to take on a new role as part of J.P. Morgan's agency lending program...

Small caps offer revenue through Russell 2000 ETFs
01 December 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Savvy investors are leveraging exchange-traded funds that track the Russell 2000 Index to access the juicy revenues available in the US small cap equities market through securities lending programs...

GPP builds up new structured products team
30 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Global Prime Partners has made a spate of senior hires, including Mike Ward as head of new business development, ahead of the launch of its new structures products business...

Sec lending market reacts warmly to stock connect
30 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, set to go live on 5 December, has been praised by securities lending market participants as a potential booster for market liquidity...

Deutsche Börse in blockchain settlement collaboration
29 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have collaborated to launch a functioning blockchain prototype for settlement of securities...

EXCLUSIVE: Unlocking collateral key to curbing shortage, says Elixium
28 November 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Greater diversification of counterparties in the repo market can halt the decline in liquidity, according to Roberto Verrillo of trading platform Elixium...

Bridgeman heads to RBC
28 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

RBC has lured away Rebecca Bridgeman from BNP Paribas Securities Services after six years on the bank’s securities financing desk...

Soc Gen SIB turns to fintech for CCP data solution
28 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has become the latest major banking group to turn to a fintech firm to assist with the increasing burden of regulatory compliance...

Hong Kong proposed fresh liquidity rules
24 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is aiming to reinforce market stability through new regulatory proposals that would require securities lending participants to ensure cash reinvestment strategies are “sufficiently liquid”...