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Dealerweb claims significant US repo market share
20 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Dealerweb marketplace now captures 18 percent of US repo activity in inter-dealer trading

Hedge funds weather US/EU slowdown in May
20 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

UCITS funds continued to make gains in 2017, posting returns of 0.43 percent in May

Howard/Miller adjusts fund’s lending programme
19 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The fund will no longer include securities lending activities in leverage calculations from August

Clearstream and ColleX collaborate on collateral
19 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Central securities depository Clearstream and collateral exchange ColleX are teaming up to improve buy-side access to triparty collateral management

Aon recruits Greg Korte for securities lending consulting
16 June 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greg Korte has joined insurance company Aon as a partner focusing on securities lending and trust/custody consulting

Baker McKenzie welcomes Michael Huertas as counsel
16 June 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Michael Huertas has joined Baker McKenzie's banking and finance practice as counsel

SIX adds US equity and fixed income to CO:RE
15 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SIX Securities Services has added US equities and fixed income treasuries to the list of available securities for its repo triparty platform

Fintech providers Misys and D+H to merge
14 June 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new company, Finastra, will be among the largest financial technology providers in the world

BNY Mellon names Salvage as global head of hedge fund services
14 June 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Peter Salvage previously worked at SS&C and Citibank

US Treasury takes aim at post-crisis regulation in Trump-ordered review
13 June 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Treasury has called on regulators to rationalise and improve the risk-based capital regime for the securities lending and derivatives exposures of US banks

EC proposes ‘two-tier’ CCP regulation
13 June 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EU legislators have proposed a massive overhaul of central counterparty supervision

Softek wins eRoom mandate for intra-day credit and risk monitoring
13 June 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

eRoom Securities, an introducing broker offering institutional brokerage and execution services, has selected Softek to provide intra-day credit and risk monitoring for its web-based client reporting system