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Philippines 'plans' repo reforms
16 August 2016 Manila
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Philippines is working on legislative reforms to introduce a repo market, according to reports...

Global equities boosting Canadian pensions
12 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Recoveries in global equities in Q2 of 2016 have brought Canadian pension plans into positive territory, according to $650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe...

Natixis hires Anthony Caserta for equity finance
10 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Anthony Caserta has joined Natixis CIB Americas as an executive director in the equity finance client strategies group...

Hong Kong tweaks short selling list
10 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has made an additional 25 securities available for short selling...

Matt Baldassano joins Cowen
08 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Matt Baldassano has joined Cowen Group to establish a securities finance function...

SFTR costs will mount, say participants
08 August 2016 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Market participants have blasted the potential costs of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation...

Wedbush picks HelixRepo for fixed income
05 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Wedbush Securities has chosen Helix Financial Systems to manage the processing of its fixed income repo portfolio...

SocGen expands prime services in Japan
05 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale has named Ramir Cimafranca as head of prime services for Japan, effective immediately...

BNY Mellon analyses new collateral management tools
05 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Market participants need to become more efficient when financing their transactions, according to BNY Mellon, whose report outlines the strategies to adopt in collateral management...

Bank of England finally drops interest rates
04 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Bank of England has dropped interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25 percent, with the outlook for growth in the short to medium term weakening “markedly”...

State Street has hot Q2 in securities finance
04 August 2016 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street’s securities finance revenue reached $156 million in Q2 2016 thanks to seasonality...

OneChicago volumes slide in July
03 August 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Securities finance exchange OneChicago registered a trading volume of 853,607 in July 2016, marking a 27 percent dip compared to July 2015...