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ISLA conference: time for sec lending and repo to buddy up
19 June 2013 Prague
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending and repo desks should move closer together to provide a better overview of collateral, according to one panellist at ISLA’s annual conference in Prague...

ISLA conference: ESMA on securities lending
19 June 2013 Prague
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

‘Shadow banking’ was one of the worst terms that could have been coined to describe activities such as securities lending, according to Steven Maijoor of the European Securities and Markets Authority...

HSBC expands broker-dealer outsourcing solution
19 June 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

HSBC Securities Services has expanded its broker-dealer outsourcing solution to cover Europe, Asia, the US, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa...

BNY Mellon appoints two new for collateral services
18 June 2013 New York and London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has made two new senior appointments to push growth of its global collateral services (GCS) business...

Collateral is on the front line for J.P. Morgan
18 June 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan has ramped up its collateral management business—including increased asset tracking—to help clients navigate new industry regulations...

Omgeo recruits Jeannie Shanahan
17 June 2013 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Omgeo has hired Jeannie Shanahan as its new managing director of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)...

Nigeria takes control of margin lending
14 June 2013 Abuja
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission and the country's central bank have introduced a set of rules to regulate margin lending...

SEC fines CBOE for short selling failures
13 June 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Chicago Board Options Exchange will pay a $6 million penalty and implement major remedial measures for “[failing] to enforce or even fully comprehend rules to prevent abusive short selling”...

SGX to introduce circuit breakers
13 June 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Singapore Exchange is consulting the public on proposed circuit breakers for the securities market. Subject to regulatory approval and industry readiness, it plans to introduce them by the end of 2013...

BofE wards off 'private interest' CCPs
12 June 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Bank of England has released a new article on central counterparties in light of its new responsibilities for the supervision of securities settlement systems and CCPs in the UK...

Italian fund manager names global custodian
11 June 2013 Milan
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

RBC Investor & Treasury Services will provide securities lending, global custody and collateral management services to Polaris Investment after being named the fund manager’s global custodian...

UBS appoints ICSD for its investment bank business
11 June 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

UBS has appointed Clearstream as its primary International Central Securities Depository (ICSD), in a move that will consolidate the majority of its securities custody, settlement, and financing business...