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Bharti leaves Segantii for Scotiabank
11 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Kirtes Bharti has moved from Segantii Capital Management to Scotiabank, as regional head of securities lending...

BNY Mellon plays the fool with Motley
11 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has extended its fund services relationship with Motley Fool Asset Management to include securities lending for its family of mutual funds with $575 million in assets under management...

Clearstream triparty repo rises 4 percent y-o-y
11 February 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) services rose 4 percent over January 2013 (€548.8 billion)...

Hong Kong adds securities to short selling list
10 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Twenty-six securities will be added to the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

Etera Mutual appoints State Street for securities lending
10 February 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

State Street will provide a range of pension fund solutions, including securities lending, to Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company...

Is fear in emerging markets hedge funds unwarranted?
07 February 2014 Atlanta
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though hedge fund performance was negative in January, falling an average of -0.6 percent, the industry broadly outperformed global equity markets...

Clearstream and VPS collaborate on collateral
07 February 2014 Oslo
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Verdipapirsentralen ASA and Clearstream have signed a letter of intent aimed at developing new collateral management services...

ICBC automates pools with Helix's aid
06 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services has implemented HelixRepo for its fixed income financing business and HelixMBS to automate allocation of mortgage-backed securities pools...

Benga Sofoluwe to join Citi
06 February 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Former Deutsche Bank head of European securities lending Benga Sofoluwe has left hedge fund EQI Asset Management and will soon take up a senior role at Citi, according to sources...

Big reshuffle for Citi investor services
06 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi has integrated its services in a new platform, forming an “investor services group” that promises to address financing, execution, collateral management, custody and fund services...

Russian CSD extends collateral fees
06 February 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The supervisory board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, voted to extend the validity of the fees for collateral management services and the fees for clearing services...

BNY Mellon picks up Irish mandate
06 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has scored a fund administration and securities lending mandate with Aon Hewitt on two of its Irish-domiciled fund ranges with assets of roughly £4 billion...