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Citi brings in Jason Massey for futures, clearing and collateral
06 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In his new role, Massey will be based in London and report to EMEA head of sales for prime, futures and securities services, Danny Caplan

Brazilian exchange smoothes post-trade systems with Pirum
06 September 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new file standardisation process will enable Pirum to significantly expand its Brazilian trade reconciliations

North America slims down to T+2
05 September 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The shorter settlement timeframe also aligns these markets with the EU, which moved to a T+2 settlement cycle in 2014

ECB offers new safety standards for central bank triparty usage
05 September 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed standards with an eye on the final version coming into force by the end of the year or the beginning of 2018

World’s pension funds return to form in 2016
05 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The top 20 funds by asset size saw a higher increase than the overall ranking, with a 7.1 percent boost to AUM since 2011

Fed rules demands further securities lending contract safeguards for GSIBs
04 September 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Federal Reserve Board has adopted a rule requiring US GSIBs to amend QFCs to prevent their termination if the firm defaults

OCC’s growth continues
04 September 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC's securities lending CCP activity was up 25 percent in new loans year-over-year in August, with 200,844 transactions

JCPenney and Snap on top of FIS hot stocks
01 September 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

High street retailer JCPenney and Snap, owner of photo sharing app Snapchat, led the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the Americas for the week starting 21 August

Deutsche Bank names new Asia Pacific securities services head
01 September 2017 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Deutsche Bank has appointed Anand Rengarajan as head of securities services for the Asia Pacific

Securities lending doesn’t undermine long-only portfolios, experts says
01 September 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

A common argument against securities lending—that it supports short sellers and so undermines the value of long only portfolios—is without foundation, Simon Waddington of State Street has argued

Cowen continues to build lending team
31 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Jason Sardina follows Matt Baldassano from Jefferies, who moved in 2016 to become Cowen’s head of securities finance

IHS Markit analyses the UK’s most shorted prepare to reveal earnings
31 August 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Petrofac has 10.6 percent of shares out on loan as short sellers looked to capitalise on the heavy losses that the investigation revelation instigated