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All rise for OCC
02 August 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC’s clear contract volume increased 6 percent in July as securities lending activity rose 53 percent...

Raymond Vuyst to consult for ING
01 August 2013 Amsterdam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Former Synechron managing director Raymond Vuyst is joining ING in Amsterdam as a senior package solution consultant, a source has confirmed...

Canadian equities lose ground within pension plans
31 July 2013 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Pension assets remained unchanged during the second quarter of 2013, as a spike in interest rates in June negated advances in April and May...

Sir Jon Cuncliffe takes BofE job as Tucker heads to Harvard
30 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Paul Tucker, who left his role at the Bank of England for a career as a fellow of Harvard, has been replaced by Sir Jon Cuncliffe...

SunGard helps Scottrade grow securities finance
30 July 2013 Missouri
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SunGard’s Loanet solution is supporting Scottrade, an online investing firm, with its expanding securities finance automation requirements...

New report argues in favour of naked shorting
29 July 2013 Texas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Accounting fundamentals are highly significant in explaining naked short sales, according to a recent study...

Singapore and Japan cross collateral borders
26 July 2013 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Bank of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have established a cross-border collateral arrangement that lets foreign banks in Singapore get their hands on local dollars by using Japanese government bonds as collateral...

Prosecutor going after SAC hints at more to come
26 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A federal grand jury has charged SAC Capital, a US hedge fund, over alleged insider trading. Eight individuals have also been charged so far, with six pleading guilty, according to a New York district attorney...

DTCC takes full control of Omgeo
24 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is taking full control of post-trade services provider Omgeo after agreeing to acquire Thomson Reuters’s 50 percent stake in the company...

European CSDs to settle down early
24 July 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Euroclear’s central securities depositories in Belgium, France and the Netherlands will settle all transactions on a T+2 basis from October 2014...

SimCorp teams up with AcadiaSoft for collateral management
24 July 2013 Copenhagen
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Investment management solutions company SimCorp and AcadiaSoft, a provider of margin automation for counterparties engaged in collateral management, have entered into a product partnership...

Deutsche Bank recruits Andrew Cheng for agent lending
23 July 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Deutsche Bank has appointed Andrew Cheng to the role of regional product head for agency securities lending in Asia Pacific. He will be based in Hong Kong...