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SocGen scores French insurance mandate
21 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by CNP Assurances to provide collateral management services with regard to collateral swaps between CNP Assurances and its counterparties...

FINRA lays £1.1mn fine on Citi
20 March 2014 Washington
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi has received a slap on the wrist to the tune of $1.1 million, after violating FINRA’s short selling rules...

Hong Kong gets collateral refresh
20 March 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Southeast Asia Traders has enhanced its collateral management platform in Hong Kong...

Fay signs up to SL-x
19 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Chris Fay has joined SL-x, the trading platform for the securities lending marketplace...

Meridian buyout adds lending for clients
19 March 2014 Bermuda
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services is to acquire Meridian Fund Services Group, a fund administrator with $14 billion AUA...

Markit gets going with web platform
19 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit has launched a new securities lending data online platform to caters to specific workflow requirements of lenders and borrowers...

Northern Trust boosts collateral options
17 March 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Northern Trust is enhancing its collateral management and liquidity solutions to help clients meet the requirements of implementing multiple, inconsistent regulations...

Risks still persist, says ESMA
17 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Stress in EU securities markets has decreased, but key markets and investors continue to face substantive risks, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority...

Bank of Canada mixes up concentration limits
14 March 2014 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

After a six month waiting period, the Bank of Canada has detailed the specific changes to conditions for assets eligible as collateral...

Lombard Risk and Broadridge on the same side
13 March 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Lombard Risk Management and Broadridge Financial Solutions have formed a global alliance to address changing industry needs in the collateral management sector...

LCH.Clearnet boosts liquidity for fixed income players
12 March 2014 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

LCH.Clearnet has launched €GCPlus, a central clearing service for the triparty repo market, in collaboration with Euroclear and the Banque de France...

BNY Mellon teaches collateral eligibility
11 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon is implementing an enhanced collateral management programme for BofA Merrill Lynch to expand collateral eligibility...