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Deutsche Bank begins transfer of prime brokerage business to BNP Paribas
23 September 2019 Frankfurt
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The agreement is set to provide continuity of service to Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance and Electronic Equities clients

LCH RepoClear and EquityClear go live on Taskize
23 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH’s RepoClear and EquityClear London-based entities are now live on Taskize

CGS to offer ISIN-to-LEI mapping for US and Candian Securities
23 September 2019 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This initiative is expected to improve transparency and counterparty risk management by linking international securities identification numbers and their corresponding legal entity identifiers

LCH CDSClear reaches new volume heights
23 September 2019 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

LCH CDSClear had a record day on 18 September, which, according to LCH, reflects a growing popularity of the service

Insight Investment MMF connects to LCH RepoClear
20 September 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Insight GBP Liquidity Fund, which holds £24 billion as of 31 July, this week completed its first repo trade cleared by the RepoClear Sponsored Clearing service, which is operated by global clearinghouse LCH.

MiFID II research unbundling rules working well for investors
20 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive research unbundling rules are working well for investors, according to the Financial Conduct Authority

James Bell swaps Pirum Systems for InfoTrack AU
19 September 2019 Sydney
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Pirum Systems’ product analyst James Bell has now joined InfoTrack AU in Sydney

Stonewain director leaves
19 September 2019 Los Angeles
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Stonewain Systems’ business development director has exited the industry

BNY Mellon and Bloomberg to deliver front-to-back integration capabilities
19 September 2019 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon and Bloomberg have partnered to integrate BNY Mellon’s data, analytics and servicing capabilities with AIM, Bloomberg’s portfolio management, trading and compliance solution

Tradeweb Markets launches new trading package on IRS platform
18 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Tradeweb multi-asset package functionality builds on the firm’s net present value list trading tool to enhance the execution of interest rate swaps, inflation swaps and government bonds in a single package

Philippines insurance firms to enter the securities lending market
18 September 2019 Manila
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The country’s Insurance Commission has issued new guidelines for insurance companies to conduct securities lending transactions for the first time

Prudential customers lose $72 million from “misleading securities lending programmes”
18 September 2019 Washington D.C.
Reporter: Drew Nicol

From approximately July 2005 to November 2015, two of Prudential's subsidiaries directed the lending agents of 94 funds they advised to recall securities on loan in advance of their dividend record dates solely to benefit their parent company