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Bank of England raises interest rates to mixed opinion
02 August 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Bank of England raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, from 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent—the highest level since March 2009

Canadian pension plan experience ninth positive quarter
02 August 2018 Toronto
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Canadian pension plans and university endowments reported an increase of 2.16 percent in returns during Q2 of 2018, marking their ninth straight quarter of positive results

OneChicago continues to see volumes decrease
02 August 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

OneChicago, a securities finance exchange, revealed that its July volume was 378,641, a decrease of 73 percent year-over-year

ESMA: National regulators need to improve their supervision of UCITS
02 August 2018 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has found that national regulators need to improve their supervision of UCITS engaging in EPM

OCC sees securities lending activity rise
02 August 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

OCC's securities lending central counterparty clearing house activity was up 19 percent in new loans from July 2017 with 218,786 transactions last month

BNP Paribas Securities Services revenue rises
01 August 2018 Paris
Reporter: Brian Bollen

BNP Paribas Securities Services revenue rose by 3.9 percent compared to the second quarter 2017, hitting €517 million, according to the bank

Exclusive: EC confirms it will adopt ESMA level II draft legislation
01 August 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The European Commission has confirmed that it intends to adopt, with amendments, the draft regulatory and implementing technical standards, submitted by ESMA for SFTR

Top of hot stocks: Cosmo Pharmaceuticals and iRobot Corporation
01 August 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa last week

IHS Markit: Bears in the bond market
31 July 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The cost of insuring Tesla debt against default is rising, according to Samuel Pierson director of finance at IHS Markit

OCC financial safeguards framework approved by SEC
30 July 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the OCC’s proposed Financial Safeguards Framework

Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk to rebrand
30 July 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk has rebranded and will now be known as Refinitiv

Four resignations from State Street securities finance team
30 July 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lynden Howie, Simon Heath, Bradley Statham and Tom O’Toole have all separately resigned from roles at State Street within the securities finance Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team, it is understood