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PASLA: Philippines short selling framework still needs work
06 March 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Philippines short selling infrastructure is due to launch this year, however, a PASLA board member has suggested that 2018 might not be a “realistic launch date”

Exclusive: Benga Sofoluwe leaves Citi
06 March 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Benga Sofoluwe has departed his role as managing director, regional head of securities lending and delta one sales, Asia Pacific, at Citi

Shadow banking up in 2016, says FSB
05 March 2018 London
Reporter: Barney Dixon

The value of the global ‘shadow banking’ market increased by 7.6 percent in 2016 to $45.2 trillion, according to the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report 2017

No winners in post-Brexit financial services, says PwC
05 March 2018 London
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Disruptions to the level of market access in financial services as a result of Brexit will leave “no 'winners'”, according to a report from professional services firm PwC

Financial services are struggling to secure data, says Claranet
05 March 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Financial services organisations are still struggling to secure data effectively, according to research firm Claranet

ISLA releases 8th Securities Lending Market Report
02 March 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The report, released on 2 March, gives data on global markets overview and trends, and global government bond markets from July to December 2017

Hartford Funds selects Citi for sec lending services
02 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Citi has been awarded a mandate to provide third-party securities lending services for certain Hartford Funds mutual funds

OCC securities lending activity sees increase
02 March 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Brian Bollen

OCC has calculated that its securities lending activity was up 39 percent in new loans from February last year with 224,374 transactions last month

Blockchain to transform collateral lending
02 March 2018 London
Reporter: Brian Bollen

ING Bank and Credit Suisse have carried out the first-ever live securities trade on a blockchain platform, in what ING described as a ground-breaking transaction

OneChicago sees decrease in trading volume for February
02 March 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The downturn marks a slight change of fortune for the exchange, which saw a significant increase in cleared securities lending activity in January

FSB completes peer reviews of Singapore and Hong Kong
01 March 2019 Basel
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Financial Stability Board has released a peer reviews for both Singapore and Hong Kong

BME releases results for 2017
01 March 2018 Madrid
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BME’s revenue for the full year reached at €325 million, a 0.6 percent decrease compared to the end of 2016