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FSB sets out haircut plans
15 October 2014 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugale

The FSB has delivered its shadow banking framework for haircuts on non-centrally cleared securities financing transactions, with numerical haircut floors set higher than previously proposed...

SunGard's hottest stocks
15 October 2014 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 13 October 2014 have been compiled by SunGard’s Astec Analytics...

Europe adapting well to T+2
15 October 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The transition to settlement at T+2 for the European fixed income markets has been largely successful with few issues, according to ICMA and the ICMA European Repo Council...

DataLend targeting the big 50
15 October 2014 New York
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

DataLend’s tracking index, DataLend Target 50, has been launched into the securities finance industry...

RMASL: front and centrally cleared
14 October 2014 Naples, Florida
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

CPPs are not a threat to the bilateral market but a potential solution to multiple regulatory requirements, found the opening panel at this year’s RMA Conference on Securities Lending...

Morgan Stanley to join Eurex Clearing CCP
14 October 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Morgan Stanley is to become a clearing member of Eurex Clearing’s Lending Central Counterparty (CCP). They aim to finalise the process by the end of October...

EquiLend heads down under
14 October 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

EquiLend has received regulatory clearance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to operate its securities finance trading platform domestically in the market...

Promising dividend season ahead, says Markit
09 October 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Markit has forecasted a bright future for dividends across the major markets of the US, Europe and the UK, though it claims a number of areas are experiencing turbulence...

HFA concern over SEC changes to accredited investors
08 October 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

The Hedge Fund Association has outlined concerns over the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed change to the definition of an ‘accredited investor’ under Rule 501 of Regulation D...

Bears and bulls in Q3, says Lyxor
07 October 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Hedge funds ended the week beginning 29 September in negative territory, concluding a tough quarter for alternative strategies, according to a report from Lyxor Asset Management...

Blue Cross fails with new trial motion
06 October 2014 Minnesota
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Health plan provider Blue Cross’s request for a new trial in its case against Wells Fargo has been rejected...

Europe embracing T2S, according to SWIFT
06 October 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

A new SWIFT whitepaper shows market participants are embracing a direct route to TARGET2-Securities (T2S) that will enable greater market opportunities...