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DA platform can process 27,000 trades per second
23 October 2018 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

GFT has confirmed that the Digital Asset Platform can processes upward of 27,000 trades per second for a sustained period of time

FOMC authorises NY Fed securities lending test
23 October 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The Federal Open Market Committee has authorised the New York Federal Reserve's Open Market Trading Desk to conduct a small value contingency securities lending operation

Preqin: Hedge funds stumble again
22 October 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Hedge funds stumbled again in the Q3 2018 with a return of 0.64 percent, revealing a drop from the previous quarter’s results, according to the latest quarterly hedge fund report by Preqin

DTCC reveals new data offering
22 October 2018 Sydney
Reporter: Becky Butcher

DTCC has revealed its new data product DTCC Equity Kinetics, for institutional investors seeking insights into US equity markets

State Street sees 4 percent revenue increase in Q3 2018
22 October 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

State Street’s total revenue in Q3 2018 increased 4 percent compared to the same period in 2017, according the company’s financial results

Northern Trust securities lending revenue slips in Q3
19 October 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Northern Trust’s securities lending revenue dropped to $24.1 million in Q3 2018 from $30.2 million in Q2 2018, according to the company’s Q3 results

BNY Mellon reports mixed Q3 results
19 October 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

BNY Mellon has reported a total revenue increase of 1 percent to $4.1 billion in Q3 2018

BCBS seeks views on leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives
19 October 2018 Basel
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has called for stakeholder views on the leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives under Basel III

ESMA publishes first EU derivatives report
18 October 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its first Annual Statistical Report on the EU’s derivatives markets

Eurekahedge report shows hedge funds up for the year
18 October 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Hedge funds are up 0.26 percent for the year, their weakest performance on record since 2011, according to the latest issue of the Eurekahedge report

Godfried de Vidts to leave NEX
17 October 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

It has been confirmed that Godfried de Vidts, director of European affairs at NEX, is set to leave the firm

Top of hot stocks: Royal Mail, NIO Inc and Don Quijote
17 October 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Royal Mail, NIO Inc and Don Quijote top the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list