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ISLA: demand up for equity as collateral
03 September London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Equities now take up 57 percent of all collateral held by triparty service providers, according to an International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) market study...

OneChicago sees August highs
02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago, a securities finance exchange, boasted a 57 percent increase in its trading volume from 2014 for August 2015, with more than a million recorded trades...

OCC enjoys August sec lending climb
02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has announced that its securities lending central counterparty clearing activity was up 27 percent for new loans in August 2015 with 119,360 transactions...

BNY Mellon appoints new markets group president
01 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon has appointed Michelle Neal as the new president of its markets group...

Greece renews short selling ban
01 September 2015 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greece has renewed its ban on short selling until the end of September...

Japan adds T bills to sec lending facility
01 September 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Bank of Japan will now include treasury discount bills (T bills) as approved securities to be sold through the Securities Lending Facility, following the recent turmoil in Asian markets...

Taiwanese tech companies look shaky
27 August 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The turmoil in Asian financial markets has prompted short sellers to target Taiwan’s technology companies, according to Markit Securities Finance...

Morningstar backs SEC’s call for fee-split transparency
26 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The securities lending aspects of the US SEC's investment company reporting modernisation programme are necessary because fund investors are entitled to know the revenue split between the manager, agent lender, and the fund itself...

Asian repo relies on standard best practices
25 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

An efficient Asian repo market could help to develop infrastructure and benefit the economy, but it is being held back by inconsistencies between countries, according to a report by ASIFMA and ICMA...

Thai stock exchange updates systems to boost business
25 August 2015 Bangkok
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Stock Exchange of Thailand has rolled out new clearing and depository systems to enhance securities lending and asset servicing...

D’Eramo joins RBC Investor & Treasury Services
24 August 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Don D’Eramo as head of distribution and product development for securities finance within treasury and market services activity...

DataLend hires representative in Asia
24 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

DataLend has appointed Robert Antelmann as its vice president and product specialist in Hong Kong...