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Markit backs ETFs as collateral
29 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Markit has launched a new initiative, ETF collateral lists, to encourage wider acceptance of exchange traded funds as collateral...

Sweet Q2 for State Street
28 July 2015 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street has revealed increases in its securities finance revenue, reaching $155 million in Q2 2015...

Shorts on the up for Chinese A-Share ETFs
28 July 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Chinese securities market is seeing an increase in offshore-based investors using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to access falling Chinese equities...

Clearstream partners with Indian CCP
24 July 2015 Mumbai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Central counterparty (CCP) the Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL) has joined Clearstream’s integrated collateral management engine, the Global Liquidity Hub...

BNY Mellon has a jolly good Q2
23 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon earned seasonally higher securities revenue of $40 million during Q2 2015...

Linear Investments acquires AQX Securities assets
22 July 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Linear Investments has acquired the assets of AQX Securities agency execution business from the Aquila Group...

Dussmann joins SEB equity finance
22 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Lothar Dussmann has joined SEB as a senior sales trader on the equity finance desk...

Clearstream adjusts AUD and NZD rates
21 July 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream has adjusted its securities lending and borrowing service rates for equities and debt for the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar, effective from 1 August...

DataLend infographic reveals industry's size
20 July 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The value of available inventory stands at $13.22 trillion, according to a new infographic on the global securities finance market from DataLend.

2015 looking good for Euroclear
20 July 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear has reported success across the board for the first six months of 2015, including a 10 percent increase in daily volumes on its Collateral Highway and record levels of collateral outstanding...

Taiwan to relax securities lending and borrowing rules
16 July 2015 Taipei
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is set to relax rules on securities borrowing and lending from 1 January 2016, according to reports...

Bank of England to accept equities as collateral
16 July 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks will soon be able to offer the Bank of England equities as collateral, executive director Chris Salmon has revealed...