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Volume down for Brazilian CCP
15 January 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Securities lending transactions at Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBOVESPA had a financial volume of BRL735.01 billion ($281.5 billion) in 2014, with 1,518,369 trades...

GF Securities in $1 billion IPO
15 January 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephen Durham

China’s third-biggest publicly traded brokerage, GF Securities, is to seek more than $1 billion from an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, according to reports...

More reporting is key to transparency, says Finadium
14 January 2015 Concord, MA
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Finadium has published its response to the SEC plans to increase transparency in the derivatives and securities lending industry, suggesting mandatory reporting and modernisation...

SunGard's hottest stocks
14 January 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 5 January 2015...

PwC appoints Lachlan Roos
13 January 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recruited Lachlan Roos as its new UK hedge fund leader, taking over from Rob Mellor, who is stepping down...

State Street expands Swiss & Global services
09 January 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Swiss & Global Asset Management has chosen State Street to provide investment servicing solutions, including securities lending, for $70 billion in assets, expanding existing relations between the institutions...

Rule Financial becomes GFT UK
08 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Rule Financial has officially become GFT UK Limited following its successful acquisition in June 2014 by GFT Group...

Exclusive: Cowen to exit equity finance
08 January 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Cowen Group is closing its equity finance desk. Cowen Equity Finance Group, which was bought from Kellner Capital in 2012 when it was known as KDC Securities, is being wound down, according to multiple sources...

Goldman Sachs reshuffle EMEA top spots
08 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Goldman Sachs has promoted Rob Drake-Brockman to co-head of EMEA prime brokerage, to work alongside Puneet Malhi...

ISLA rings the changes
07 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The International Securities Lending Association has appointed two new members to its board of directors, James Treseler and Duncan Wilson...

European airlines fail to capitalise on lower oil price
07 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

European airlines are not able to take advantage of the windfall provided by dramatically lower oil prices, according to research from Markit...

Lombardo heads to Eurex
06 January 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eurex Clearing has recruited Jonathan Lombardo from Pirum Systems. Lombardo will join its clearing sales and relations team in February...