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Sibos news: T2S a real find for collateral management
19 September 2013 Dubai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Target2-Securities may lead to increased costs, but will ultimately help collateral management, said a Sibos survey.

CSD.Austria and NSD launch Russian securities link
18 September 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Jenna Jones

CSD.Austria, the Austrian Central Securities Depository operated by OeKB, and National Settlement Depository, Russia’s central securities depository, have launched an international direct link to the Russian securities market...

ICMA releases European repo survey
18 September 2013 London and New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The European repo council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has released its 25th semi-annual survey of the European repo market...

LCH.Clearnet adds SWIFT MX on both sides of the pond
18 September 2013 London and New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Both the UK and US based subsidiaries of LCH.Clearnet will implement SWIFT MX standard messaging for securities and cash collateral instructions provided to the clearing house members...

SunGard adds reporting services notch to its belt
17 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

SunGard Astec Analytics has added reporting services to its solution suite, providing customers with the ability to generate reports with detailed information on their borrowing and lending programmes...

SIX releases collateral management study
17 September 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

SIX Securities Services has released a new study revealing current attitudes to collateral management...

Olivetree selects Markit for securities finance data
16 September 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Olivetree Financial Group and Markit will provide their joint customers with securities lending data through Olivetree’s OTAS platform...

ISLA offer triparty collateral help
12 September 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) have published a guide to using triparty collateral services under the ESMA guidelines for ETFs and other UCITS issues...

SGX and Clearstream offer collateral solution
12 September 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Clearstream are to jointly offer a collateral management solution which aims to enable customers to easily use assets held at SGX’s securities depository, CDP...

Bailout watchdog joins Jenner & Block
12 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Neil Barofsky, the former federal prosecutor who served as the chief watchdog of the $700 billion federal bailout in 2008, has joined Jenner & Block LLP’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s litigation department...

First Middle Eastern CCP on the Collateral Highway
11 September 2013 Dubai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) has become the first central counterparty in the Middle East to join Euroclear’s global Collateral Highway...

BCS Prime Brokerage twiddles knobs on risk system
09 September 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BCS Prime Brokerage has appointed Succession Systems to launch a pre-trade market access risk system, TripleCheck...