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GFF: 11th-hour EMIR respite highly likely
25 January 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Last minute relief for market participants from the looming derivatives margin rules is highly likely, with many expected to miss the 1 March deadline, according to panellists at the Deutsche Börse Global Funding and Financing Summit...

Stephen Howard to leave EIP Hong Kong
25 January 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Stephen Howard is stepping down from his head of trading role at Enhanced Investment Products in Hong Kong...

Pirum links up with ColleX
25 January 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum Systems has linked its real-time straight-through processing services for the securities finance industry to ColleX, a platform for collateral trading...

NSD to launch OTC repo collateral service
24 January 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russia’s National Settlement Depository, in partnership with Bloomberg, is preparing to launch a new collateral management service for over-the-counter repo transactions in March...

SDR takes dim view of sec lending
24 January 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Asset managers must provide annual reports on their securities lending policy under the proposed Shareholder Rights Directive because it “can cause controversy in the area of shareholder engagement”...

BNY Mellon ends 2016 on a high
23 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon posted its strongest securities lending revenue of the year in Q4 2016...

Grady takes the helm at ADISA
23 January 2017 Indianapolis
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The board of the Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association has named its officers for 2017, as John Grady begins his term as president of the board...

Pakistan review SBL lists
23 January 2017 Islamabad
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The National Clearing Company of Pakistan has revised its list of securities eligible for lending activities...

Northern Trust warns of repo timebomb
23 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The repo market could “shut down” under stress conditions with pension funds most at risk, according to a new Northern Trust whitepaper...

Broadridge welcomes Abric and Price
23 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Broadridge has expanded its securities finance team with the addition of Wells Fargo’s Peter Abric and FIS’s Thomas Price...

Trump heralds changing of the guard at SEC
20 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the US has signalled a major reshuffle in the highest ranks of US governing bodies...

US and Hong Kong augment data sharing deal
20 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has renewed its ties with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to further strengthen oversight of entities operating in both markets...