News search | Securities Finance Times

Generic business image for news articles

ICMA-ERC: regulations are radically altering repo
18 November 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Uncoordinated regulations are radically altering the short-term secured financing market, argues a new study...

Commissioner Aguilar to leave SEC
17 November 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commissioner Luis Aguilar is set to leave the US Securities and Exchange Commission in December...

CUSIP requests jump 20 percent
17 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CUSIP Global Services saw a sharp increase in requests for new security identifiers in October, suggesting that there could be a surge in new corporate and municipal bond issuances...

BlackRock eases sec lending requirements
17 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock has lowered its over-collateralisation level for equity loans using equity collateral to between 5 and 12 percent...

Shadow banking breaks $80trn mark
16 November 2015 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board valued the shadow banking industry at $80 trillion in 2014, up from $78 trillion 2013...

Stefan Lepp leaves Clearstream Banking International
16 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Stefan Lepp has stepped down as CEO of Clearstream Banking International...

Clearstream suffers sec financing loss
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) figures for October show a 10 percent drop-off on last year’s figures...

Liquidity Alliance meets buy side
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Liquidity Alliance now offers collateral management services to buy side through its 360T platform...

Deutsche Börse shakes up board responsibilities
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse Group will redistribute responsibilities of its executive board, effective 1 January 2016...

Haitong International chooses SunGard’s Global One
12 November 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Haitong International Securities Group has chosen SunGard’s Global One solution to manage its new stock lending and borrowing business in Hong Kong...

Stay now: industry associations finalise ISDA protocol
12 November 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The revised ISDA stay protocol that includes a new dedicated securities finance annex has received the backing of 21 systematically important banks...

State Street opens Copenhagen office
11 November 2015 Copenhagen
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street has strengthened its presence in the Nordic region with the opening of an office in Copenhagen...