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OCC’s sec lending loans up 38 percent
04 December 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Jones

OCC securities lending central counterparty (CCP) activities saw a 38 percent increase in new loans year-on-year with 72,740 transactions in November...

Repo up and single stock down for Deutsche Börse
04 December 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Deutsche Börse Group has released its November 2012 figures that saw the equity derivatives (equity options and single stock futures) segment of Eurex Exchange reach 25.1 million contracts, down 1.8 million contracts year-on-year...

SunGard launches Apex Prime
03 December 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

SunGard has released Apex Prime, a global solution to help new and established prime service providers manage their day-to-day client processing and improve client services by maximising transparency, control and efficiency...

Cleartstream branches out in Dublin
30 November 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Cleartstream has opened a hedge fund processing centre in Dublin to extend its post-trade offering to hedge funds...

BNY Mellon makes Solway regional head of equity finance
29 November 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Paul Solway has been appointed as BNY Mellon’s managing director and regional head of equity finance for Asia-Pacific, confirming a story that SLT reported in early October...

CIBC Mellon to provide Horizons ETFs with sec lending
29 November 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Horizons Exchange Traded Funds and its associate AlphaPro Management—jointly known as Horizons ETFs—has appointed CIBC Mellon to provide custody and securities lending services for its actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

PEAK6 picks Paladyne FastStart
28 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Investment advisory firm PEAK6 Advisors has selected Paladyne FastStart to support the launch of its multi-asset class hedge fund...

Mary Schapiro resigns
27 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

After being appointed by Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama, Mary Schapiro, one of the longest-serving SEC chairpersons, has resigned...

Sebi relaxes SLB guidelines to excite the market
26 November 2012 Mumbai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In order to revive a lethargic securities lending and borrowing market in India, Sebi has relaxed its SLB rules...

Rule shoots for 1,000 person mark
23 November 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In November 1997, 15 years ago, Marcus Rule established Rule Financial in London. Having started with just one person based in the UK, this year sees growth to 500 people operating in 5 countries...

Euroclear widens Collateral Highway
23 November 2012 Seoul
Reporter: Jenna Jones

In a continued effort to create the first fully open global market infrastructure to source and mobilise collateral across geographic borders, Euroclear Bank’s ‘Collateral Highway’ has expanded into South Korea...

Maple re-titles Kraushaar and looks to North America
22 November 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Maple Financial Group has restructured its securities finance team, and re-titled Walter Kraushaar as it looks to opportunities in the North American market...