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EquiLend breaks new ground in South Africa
04 July 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

On 1 July, Absa Bank, the South African banking entity of Barclays Group Africa, became the first-ever domestic South African entity to execute a securities finance trade via the EquiLend trading platform...

Amherst merges with Pierpoint
03 July 2014 Texas
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Amherst Securities Group and Pierpont Securities have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, in a transaction that will create a fixed-income broker-dealer...

Banks could benefit from up to €40 billion
03 July 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A Clearstream-sponsored study has revealed the need for a “collateral value chain” in order to enable up to €40 billion in equity capital savings for European banks...

OneChicago's year-over-year volume skyrockets
02 July 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OneChicago’s June 2014 trading volume increased 63 percent year-over-year to 1,269,074...

Highs and lows for Eurex Repo
02 July 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Eurex Repo, the operator of the Swiss Franc, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, recorded an average volume of €238.6 billion in all markets in June...

More downs than ups for OCC
02 July 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OCC's securities lending CCP activity was down 17 percent in new loans from June 2013 with 100,658 transactions for the month...

ESMA publishes draft RTS on CRA3 transparency
01 July 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

ESMA has published its final report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) required under the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA3) regulation...

SunGard's hottest stocks
01 July 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics have selected a wide variety of the globe’s hottest stocks, with entrants’ interests ranging from cement to internet gaming...

Maria Damiano joins Cowen Equity Finance Group
27 June 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Cowen has hired Maria Damiano as vice president for marketing within its equity finance group, focusing on Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

GFT acquires Rule Financial
26 June 2014 Stuttgart
Reporter: Stephen Durham

GFT Technologies AG has signed an agreement via its subsidiary, GFT UK, to acquire the UK-based company Rule Financial and all its international subsidiaries...

BNP Paribas wins ICG mandate
26 June 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed to provide a range of debt market services, including collateral administration, trustee and liquidity services, to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)...

Hedge funds remain positive
25 June 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Hedge funds have been hitting record assets as investor interest in these funds continues to grow, according to the May 2014 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report from eVestment...