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NGT sees more than 45,000 securities finance trades in one day
09 February 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EquiLend has found that 45,469 securities finance trades were made through the Next Generation Trading service on the 7 February 2018

Christian Goossens takes on new role at Euroclear
09 February 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Christian Goossens has changed roles at Euroclear and will now serve as director of sales, relationship and account management for Europe

BNY Mellon appoints new vice president of collateral management
08 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has hired Rebecca Bridgeman as vice president and relationship manager of collateral management

ESMA releases new answers on CSDR
08 February 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA adds four question for the industry in its most recent Q&A

Malaysia to liberalise short selling
08 February 2018 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Brian Bollen

Plans to liberalise short selling arrangements in Malaysia will be rolled out over the next few weeks, according to Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh, executive chairman of the country’s Securities Commission

NEX partners with Delta Capita for SFTR
08 February 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Delta Capita’s securities finance and collateral management practice will work alongside the NEX solution to advise clients on the specific data requirements

Short seller targets ‘loan shark’ Capitec
07 February 2018 Cape Town
Reporter: Brian Bollen

US research firm and short seller Viceroy Research has released a report to explain why “loan shark” Capitec should be placed into curatorship by the South African Reserve Bank

Canadian pension funds chalk up strong 2017 returns
Toronto 07 February 2018
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canadian defined benefit pension plans ended 2017 banked annual returns of 9.7 percent, according to RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe

Central banks returning to securities lending, says BNY Mellon survey
07 February 2018 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Quantitative easing and increasing revenue potential is driving a renewed interest towards securities lending

ESMA updates short selling rulebook
07 February 2018 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA has revised its rulebook on short selling to clarify that rights to subscribe for new shares cannot be used to cover a short sale

ESMA releases guidelines for MiFID II product governance
06 February 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The ESMA has released it’s guidelines on product governance under MiFID II

Collateral management support added to SimCorp Dimension
06 February 2018 Copenhagen
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Technology solutions provider SimCorp has rolled out new modules and enhancements to its main investments management tool, SimCorp Dimension