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Pirum reaches RQV automation milestone
18 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Pirum Systems Tri-party RQV Automation service, live with both JP Morgan and BNY Mellon, has reached a significant milestone with processed RQVs reaching over $130 billion daily...

Eurepo index coming to an end
17 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Eurepo index will be published for the last time on 31 December due to concerns over its usefulness...

SunGard's hottest stocks
16 December 2014 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 15 December 2014...

OFR: more securities lending and repo data required
16 December 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US securities lending and repo markets are becoming more transparent, but data continues to be collected in an inconsistent manner and much is not publicly available, according to the US Treasury’s Office of Financial Research...

638.8 billion average outstanding for Clearstream
12 December 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream has reported a boost in its global securities financing (GSF) services, with monthly average outstanding reaching 638.6 billion in November 2014...

FTT set to miss 2016 deadline
11 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Ministers from the EU 11 have failed to meet their end-of-year deadline for outlining the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) on equities, which is likely to scupper January 2016 implementation plans, according to reports...

ESMA cooperates with Australian regulators
11 December 2014 Sydney
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia to cooperate regarding CCPs...

Broadridge partners with AcadiaSoft
10 December 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Broadridge Financial Solutions has enhanced its CollateralPro solution through a new partnership with AcadiaSoft, a company that enables automatic communication and processing of margin calls for collateral management...

All time highs for S&P500, according to Markit
10 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The S&P500 index is currently reaching all-time highs on an almost daily basis, recently touching above 2050 points, according to data from Markit...

Terry O'Brien moves to J.P. Morgan
10 December 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Terry O'Brien is joining J.P. Morgan’s securities lending operations in London, a source has confirmed...

Tabb Group: Prime brokers should prepare for Basel III
09 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

New capital and leverage ratio rules could unfairly penalise prime brokers, according to a report by Tabb Group...

CTA funds profitable but Gas industry dips, says Lyxor
09 December 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Despite the effects of falling oil prices, commodity trading advisor (CTA) funds are still profitable, according to Lyxor Asset Management...