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T2S user trio launch network platform
15 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Target2-Securities participants will soon be able to utilise a ‘single point of access model’ with enhanced collateral pooling and post-trade services, through a new collaborative network model set to launch in 2017...

OTC derivative reform opens the door for SWFs
14 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sovereign wealth funds are in a unique position to plug gaps in the securities lending and repo markets left by regulatory reform in the over-the-counter derivatives space, according to BNY Mellon...

Sec lending liquidity concern for beneficial owner
14 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US beneficial owner MetLife has cited liquidity risks relating to its securities lending programme as one of the potential hurdles that could scupper its plans for a $3 billion common stock repurchase initiative...

New sec lending fintech launches
11 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A new securities lending-focused fintech firm is hoping to “reinvent” the market...

India’s pension system to enter securities lending
11 November 2016 New Delhi
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

India’s Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority is seeking feedback on a proposal to allow the country’s National Pension System to begin participating in securities lending...

GSF down for Clearstream in October
11 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing volume fell by 14 percent in October...

REDI and S3 team up on data analysis
10 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

REDI Global Technologies has partnered with S3 Partners to bring its trading platform’s clients access to S3’s Blacklight data analytics tools...

Trump feeds the bears
08 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s final dash in the polls on the eve of the election has inspired a significant surge in exchange-traded fund shorting activity...

NY Fed may publish three repo rates
07 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has confirmed it is considering publishing three new benchmark rates based on overnight repo trades as a way of improving market transparency...

Pre-election jitters hit US short sellers
04 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers have been remarkably timid in the lead up to one of the most unpredictable US presidential elections in recent history, according to IHS Markit’s Simon Colvin...

Lower liquidity is the new normal
04 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Almost half of surveyed institutions believe the current liquidity drought is here to stay, according to State Street...

OneChicago sees volume rise in October
04 November 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago recorded a 54 percent growth to its transaction volume for October...