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Is Fidelity really done with stock lending?
12 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though key staff at Fidelity have hinted that the end is nigh for the firm’s stock lending division, others in the sector believe that the exit will not be as clear cut...

Coinsetter to bring shorting to bitcoin with $500,000 funding round
12 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

New York City-based bitcoin startup Coinsetter has taken its first outside investment by closing a seed round totaling $500,000...

Virgin Media deal hikes up value of UK M&A
12 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

UK M&A activity was at £23.5 billion and 213 deals in the first quarter of 2013, up 46.9 percent compared to Q1 2012 (£16 billion), but down 22.5 percent in deal count (275 deals)...

MENA asset managers moving from fixed income to equities
11 April 2013 Doha
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A combination of increased government investment and dynamic local equity markets will make the six GCC states attractive investment locations, said respondees to a Qatar survey...

Arrowpoint opts for Cortland Capital
11 April 2013 Chicago and Denver
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Arrowpoint Asset Management has mandated Cortland Capital Market Services to provide middle office services to its collateralised loan obligation 2013-1...

Harry Harrison steps into Nagpal's role at Barclays
10 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Harry Harrison has stepped into Ajay Nagpal's role as head of Barclays Capital prime services business. Nagpal left the bank to join Millennium, the $18 billion hedge fun run by Israel Englander...

ICMA tacks on Russia to master repo agreement
10 April 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published the 2013 legal opinions that support the Global Master Repurchase Agreement...

Citi revamps collateral custody accounts
09 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi has expanded its Citi OpenInvestor suite of investment services to include segregated collateral custody accounts. The new accounts are hoped to help clients better mitigate counterparty risk...

ICMA: “Repo should be exempt from FTT”
09 April 2013 Reading
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The proposed EU Financial Transaction Tax would cause the short-term repo market in Europe to contract by an estimated amount of at least 66 percent...

Itaú BBA sees a future with 4sight
09 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Itaú BBA has selected 4sight’s securities finance and collateral management solution to support its US based securities lending and repo business, Itaú BBA USA Securities...

Good and bad news for Clearstream’s global securities financing
08 April 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

For its Global Securities Financing services, Clearstream recorded a monthly average outstanding volume of €576.2 billion for March 2013...

BNP Paribas secures Knight Capital mandate
08 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Knight Capital Europe has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide it with clearing and stock lending services on a pan-European scale...