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Omgeo announces pricing changes
14 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Omgeo has introduced pricing changes to reduce costs and overall risk in the financial markets by incentivising industry best practice...

Give feedback on ESMA short selling now
13 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a call for evidence on the evaluation of the Regulation (EU) No236/2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (SSR)...

Euroclear’s Collateral Highway releases first results
12 February 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In its first recorded results, Euroclear's global "Collateral Highway" used €700 billion of securities as collateral each day by the year-end of 2012...

IOSCO helps regulators with client assets protection
11 February 2013 Madrid
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

IOSCO published a consultation report on Recommendations Regarding the Protection of Client Assets, which aims to help regulators improve the supervision of intermediaries holding client assets...

SunGard steps up the fight for securities lending data
11 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SunGard has launched a global, 24-hour real-time streaming of live securities lending transactions through its Astec Analytics solution suite, competing with offerings from EquiLend and Markit Securities Finance...

Assets under custody increase but GSF dips for Clearstream
08 February 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its January 2013 figures, which show a decrease in global securities finance (GSF), but an increase in assets under custody...

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System to become a lender again
08 February 2013 Nashville
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) is returning to securities lending, a spokesperson for the state’s treasury department confirmed...

New CEO for Stonewain
08 February 2013 Berkeley Heights
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Armeet Sandhu has been promoted to CEO at securities finance software and solutions provider Stonewain Systems...

Salvatore Cangialosi joins Albert Fried’s prime lending division
07 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Salvatore Cangialosi has been recruited for Albert Fried & Company’s prime lending services division from Credit Suisse, where he was director of fixed income securities lending in their New York office...

Som Seif’s new ‘democratic’ firm chooses CIBC Mellon
07 February 2013 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Purpose Investments has selected CIBC Mellon to deliver a full suite of asset servicing solutions, including custody, fund accounting, ETF administration and securities lending services...

CalPERS welcomes Ron Lind to board
06 February 2013 Sacramento
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has recruited Ron Lind to its board of administration...

ESMA polishes up market making exemption
05 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final guidelines on the exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under the Short Selling Regulation...