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Pirum enhances pre-matching service
19 June 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Pirum has enhanced its Real-Time Pending pre-matching service to enable users to identify issues minutes after the loan or return is booked, leading to reduced fails and improved settlement times...

Fitch: fire sale could burn repo
18 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The repo market could be at risk if a ‘fire sale’ of assets hits financial markets, Fitch Ratings has warned in a new report...

Securities Financing Transactions Regulation almost here
17 June 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU Securities Financing Transactions Regulation has moved a step closer to implementation after the law’s final text was agreed...

Fidelity criticises FSB’s G-SIFI methodology
17 June 2015 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

US asset manager Fidelity has rubbished the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) latest proposed methodology for designating large individual investment funds as global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs)...

SGSS: Institutions need to be bold
17 June 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers and financial institutions will have to make bold decisions in order to adapt their collateral and liquidity management functions to global investment activities, according to Clement Phelipeau of SGSS...

New collaboration for Grant Thornton and Foley O’Neill
16 June 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Grant Thornton UK has agreed a new collaboration with Foley O’Neill which will see the two firms working together to offer specialist securities finance and collateral management consultancy services...

Watch out: SWIFT boosts data intelligence
10 June 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT has launched Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that helps securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic...

Hedge funds continue gains
10 June 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Hedge funds posted gains for the fourth consecutive month in May, led by equity hedge strategies, with significant contributions from technology, healthcare and fundamental value exposures, according to Hedge Fund Research...

The more the merrier, says Celent
10 June 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The success of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect hinges on removing barriers to participation, according to a whitepaper published by Celent and commissioned by DTCC...

Markit's most shorted
08 June 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Water firm Layne Christensen is the most shorted company worldwide ahead of earnings results with 25.7 percent of its shares out on loan, according to the latest list from Markit...

Merrill Lynch admits short sales misinformation
05 June 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Merrill Lynch has admitted using inaccurate data when executing short sale orders, and agreed to a settlement of almost $11 million...

Pershing launches OpportunityView
05 June 2015 Orlando, Florida
Reporter: Stephen Durham

BNY Mellon company Pershing LLC has launched OpportunityView, a new solution designed to help advisors and broker-dealers identify opportunities to increase returns for their clients...