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IMN: CCPs not quite central to sec lending plans
05 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A conference audience poll found that 63.9 percent of attendees believe that central counterparties will account for just 5 percent of securities lending transactions by 2017...

IMN: cyber concerns about regulators
05 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Unanswered questions about the security of reported data stored by regional regulators should be a major concern, hears IMN’s Beneficial Owners' International Securities Lending & Collateral Management Conference...

IMN: keeping securities lending fees-able
04 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Drew Nicol

There was a significant swing in the percentage of US and Canadian transactions using non-cash collateral last year, according to DataLend’s Chris Benedict, who predicted that this might even reach a 50-50 split by the end of 2016...

ESMA clears the way for UK pension scheme exemptions
04 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Securities and Markets Authority has backed plans to exempt 16 UK pension schemes from central clearing obligations...

Overstock and Merrill Lynch settle for $20 million
03 February 2016 California
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Overstock.com has ended its long legal battle with a group of broker-dealers after securing a $20 million settlement from the remaining defendant...

OneChicago's monthly volume jumps 58 percent
03 February 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw its volume increase in January to 862,488, a 58 percent rise year-over-year...

ESMA gives buy-in exemption to certain SFTs
02 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities financing participants have successfully obtained an exemption from the mandatory buy-in regime of the Central Securities Depository Regulation for certain transactions...

D’Eramo takes over from Bateman at RBC I&TS
02 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Don D’Eramo will assume responsibility for managing the securities finance business globally at RBC Investor & Treasury Services following the departure of Kelly Bateman...

Taiwan Stock Exchange allows unlimited day trading
02 February 2016 Taipei
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Taiwan Stock Exchange is now allowing unlimited day trading for all securities eligible for margin trading and short selling, covering almost all of the stocks, exchange-trade funds and warrants listed on its market...

OCC enjoys a bumper January
02 February 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC's stock loan programme reported strong volume numbers in January, with year-to-date activity up 29 percent...

Richards to leave Aberdeen Asset Management
01 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Aberdeen Asset Management chief investment officer Anne Richards is set to leave the firm to run M&G Investments...

New vice chair for ESMA
29 January 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has appointed Anneli Tuominen as vice chair.