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French elections revive European markets
03 May 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The first round of the French election prompted rallies in Europe’s beleaguered equities markets, while fixed income also saw sharp corrections, according to Eurex

OneChicago enjoys volume boom
03 May 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Expensive equity positions saw investors leverage spreads to change tack in favour of delta one-equivalent single stock futures

DTCC expands repo clearing services
03 May 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s US clients can now leverage additional balance sheet relief by centrally clearing repos

Eurex bags news as innovation chief
02 May 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex has brought on Romanos Daniel as chief innovation officer to tackle "year of change" for the derivatives industry

Securities lending up for OCC in April
02 May 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Chicago-based clearinghouse OCC chalked up a 7 percent year-over-year increase in new loans through its central counterparty in April.

Pension funds pick NT for sec lending
28 April 2017 Belfast
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has secured its thirteenth Irish state pension fund as a securities lending services client

BoE money markets code gets ISLA approval
28 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The code offers market best practice principles and acts as a revision and update of the securities borrowing and lending code and the gilt repo code

Lenders should stick to the scrip
27 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Beneficial owners are "leaving money on the table" by failing to engage in scrip options, heard attendees of the Finadium Investors in Securities Lending conference in London

Securities lending revenue drops as 2016 hot stocks fall short
27 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

In a presentation at the Finadium Investors in Securities Lending Conference in London, DataLend revealed that revenue for Q1 2017 hit $2.5 billion, down $247 million from Q4 2016

State Street sees slow Q1 for securities finance
27 April 2017 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

State Street saw very slight declines in securities finance revenues in Q1 2017, securing $133 million, 0.7 percent less than the $134 million taken in the same period last year

Delta Capita acquires Appendium
27 April 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Business and technology consultancy Delta Capita has acquired Appendium as it gears up to launch a securities finance utility later this year

Squawker launches equity finance platform
27 April 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The new platform provides a central hub for European equity finance participants to bring the execution of their equity hedge trades on-exchange. Squawker said six investment banks are participating