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Elixium goes live
11 October 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Elixium, the new all-to-all electronic collateral and secured deposit marketplace, has executed its first transaction...

Nomura’s Philip Morgan set to join Pirum
10 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Pirum has appointed Philip Morgan as global head of business development, responsible for increasing the firm’s client based for current and future products...

AIFMs’ queries on SFTR answered
07 October 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The ESMA has continued its campaign for clarity around the SFTR, responding to a request for clarification on its effect on alternative investment fund managers...

ISLA: Opaque post-trade must change
06 October 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Post-trade lacks the transparency enjoyed by the front and middle offices and the time to upgrade is now, according to conference panellists...

ISLA: Post-trade revamp essential to efficient lending
06 October 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The revenue opportunities that exist in optimising post-trade systems are far greater than those on offer in investing in pre-trade technology, according to conference panellists...

ISLA: Brexit will leave UK in legal limbo
06 October 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A 'hard' Brexit will leave UK-based securities lending businesses in a regulatory no man's land, according to speakers at the International Securities Lending Association's Post-Trade Conference in London...

Albert Fried under new management
06 October 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Canada’s TD Securities is expanding in the US with the acquisition of New York-based broker-dealer Albert Fried & Company...

OneChicago scores 11 percent in September
06 October 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago achieved volume of 1,075,031 last month, an 11 percent increase over September 2015...

ESMA raises concern of leverage from SFTs
05 October 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities and Markets Authority has suggested that securities finance transactions lead to a build up of leverage that could threaten financial stability...

State Street's Fleming becomes hedge fund leader
04 October 2016 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Paul Fleming has become global head of hedge funds in State Street’s alternative investment solutions business...

Italy’s Consob extends shorting ban
04 October 2016 Rome
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Italian regulator Consob has extended the short selling ban on Banca MPS shares until 5 January 2017...

OCC enjoys sec lending summer growth
04 October 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation’s securities lending volume grew by 29 percent in new loans in September, compared to the same time last year...