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Have your say on the FSB’s sec lending recommendations
21 November 2012 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In its continued efforts to strengthen oversight and regulation of “shadow banking”, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is asking for feedback on its thirteen recommendations...

Citi extends securities lending services to Malaysia
21 November 2012 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi now offers securities lending services in Malaysia through its OpenLend platform. The new service will allow offshore and domestic investors access to the Malaysian market...

J.P. Morgan waves goodbye to triparty repo intraday credit exposure
19 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

More than a third of J.P. Morgan’s intraday credit exposure that it experiences during the unwinding of triparty repos has been eliminated as the firm implements market reforms...

Pakistan ponders intraday short-selling
19 November 2012 Karachi
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A meeting whose attendees included the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) discussed allowing intraday short-selling, but reached no final decision...

Citi opens securities lending trading desk in Dublin
14 November 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi has opened a securities lending trading desk in Dublin, as it expands its OpenLend capabilities in key cities and regions around the world...

Canada to expand accepted securities for lending
14 November 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lenders and borrowers in Canada will soon be able to trade any trust that is listed on a stock exchange after the country’s minister of finance, Jim Flaherty, tabled a motion to implement outstanding technical tax amendments...

Retirement plan suing Wells Fargo over securities lending
12 November 2012 Nebraska
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that the Nebraska Public Power District Employees Retirement Plan (NPPD) is suing Wells Fargo over claims that the bank misinformed it about the risks of a securities lending programme...

Citi to rise to the Challenger
12 November 2012 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi will provide Australian annuity provider and fund manager Challenger with collateral management and custody services...

BNY Mellon renews VRS securities lending contract
09 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BNY Mellon will continue to provide custody banking services, including securities lending, to the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), after its contract was renewed for five years with an option of extending for another five-year period...

Clearstream’s GSF services take a dip
09 November 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its October 2012 figures, which reveal an increase in assets under custody, but a dip in global securities financing services.

Newedge adds Aurelie Vincent to prime clearing
08 November 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Newedge has recruited Aurelie Vincent as a director for European capital introductions...

Citi and UBS offer joint post-trade solution in APAC
07 November 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi and UBS have launched a combined service offering that provides a post-trade solution to broker-dealers in Asia Pacific...