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Mixed results for funds in April
08 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Aggregate hedge fund performance was positive in April but equity strategies, which have taken in the vast majority of investor flows in 2014, were negative for the second consecutive month...

Deutsche Bank nabs pension fund mandate
08 May 2014 South Carolina
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

South Carolina Retirement Systems has mandated Deutsche Bank as its first third-party securities lending agent, according to reports...

Euroclear and DTCC announce joint venture
07 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Boards of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have authorised a joint venture to deliver a collateral processing infrastructure that will integrate both companies’ capabilities...

Eurex Repo grows despite fall in outstanding volume
07 May 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Eurex Repo, which operates Swiss Franc, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, recorded an average outstanding volume of €221.6 billion euros in all markets in April 2014, down from €224.5 billion in April 2013...

Citi lands NBIM mandate
06 May 2014 Oslo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Citi has been awarded a mandate from NBIM, the organisation responsible for managing the Government Pension Fund Global, to provide global custody and securities lending services to support NBIM’s $850 billion investment portfolio globally...

Swiss bank chooses SIX
06 May 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SIX Securities Services is to operate the new Swiss money market trading platform as of May 2014...

SIX Securities Services completes Oslo deal
02 May 2014 Switzerland
Reporter: Tammy Facey

SIX Securities Services completed its acquisition of Oslo Clearing from Oslo Børs today...

Comyno brings in former securities lending trader
02 May 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Frankfurt-based consultancy and software development house Comyno has recruited former securities lending trader Florian Bruns to further expand its team of strategic consultants...

OneChicago experiences slight volume dip
02 May 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The equity finance exchange saw volume of 556,385 in April, a 2 percent decrease compared to the previous year. Of that, open interest stood at 521,685 contracts, with 46 percent of April month-end open interest in OCX.NoDivRisk products...

OCC announces cleared contract volumes
02 May 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OCC’s total cleared contract volume in April reached 360,854,580 contracts, which is 4 percent less than the previous April with one less trading day...

CJEU: it's too early to tell about FTT
01 May 2014 Europe
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has dismissed the UK’s legal challenge of the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), ruling that it was premature...

Northern Trust receives SEC subpoena
30 April 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Northern Trust has received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking documents related to the bank’s securities lending activities, according to its latest 10Q filing...