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BM&FBovespa has bumper July
28 August 2014 Sao Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa processed 121,284 securities lending transactions in July, beating June’s total of 108,422 by 12,862...

Haircut proposal to come up in November
22 August 2014 Basel
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The G20 countries will use a meeting between leaders in November to finalise rules on ‘shadow banking’, according to reports...

Oslo Clearing a success for SIX interim figures
21 August 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

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SunGard's hottest stocks
20 August 2014 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 18 August 2014 have been compiled by SunGard’s Astec Analytics...

BoA Merrill Lynch loses Champion
20 August 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eric Champion has left his role as equity finance director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, sources have confirmed...

Wells Fargo settles class action for $62.5 million
19 August 2014 Michigan
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The US District Court, District of Minnesota has granted final approval of a $62.5 million settlement in a class action against Wells Fargo Bank on behalf of participants in the bank’s securities lending programme...

New managing director for Cantor Fitzgerald Canada
18 August 2014 New York and Toronto
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Cantor Fitzgerald Canada has expanded its investment banking group with the appointment of David Tomljenovic as managing director...

NSD boosts collateral management
15 August 2014 Russia
Reporter: Tammy Facey

National Settlement Depository (NSD) has promoted Alina Akchurina to managing director at the central securities depository...

FINRA okays Wells Fargo's self-clearing prime product
14 August 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Wells Fargo Securities will go-ahead with the launch of its self-clearing prime brokerage platform after receiving approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority...

Rise in GSF transactions for Clearstream
12 August 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Growing industry demand for Global Securities Financing (GSF) services has caused Clearstream’s monthly average outstanding to increase to €619.5 billion for the month of July 2014...

SunGard solution for Islamic Bank of Egypt
12 August 2014 Cairo
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt has selected SunGard’s suite of enterprise risk management solutions to help build a new operational framework for improved risk exposure, reporting and Basel compliance.

Short sellers increase interest in Russia
11 August 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short interest in Russia is climbing in the wake of tough sanctions from the west, according to Markit Securities Finance analyst Andrew Laird...