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FinTuition sees low sec lending levels in European ETFs
18 September 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Roy Zimmerhansl of FinTuition and Andrew Howieson of Howieson Consulting examined relative underdevelopment of securities lending and collateral management relevant to European ETF shares in their new white paper...

Pirum provides real-time triparty RQV automation
17 September 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum has deployed the final component of its new triparty required value (RQV) service, which it has developed in partnership with J.P. Morgan...

J.P. Morgan makes Carlos Hernandez head of investor services
14 September 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

J.P. Morgan Chase has appointed Carlos Hernandez as head of investor services. The firm has also announced new leadership for the corporate and investment bank division that was formed in July 2012...

Kentucky Retirement seeks global custodian
14 September 2012 Kentucky
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) is looking for a new global custodian to provide custody services for its $13.7 billion pension fund...

BNY Mellon announces AccessEdge upgrade
14 September 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BNY Mellon has launched an upgrade to its collateral management portal, AccessEdge...

Pershing expands in Canada
12 September 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon subsidiary and prime broker Pershing LLC has launched a Canadian affiliate, Pershing Securities Canada Limited, and opened a new offiice in Toronto as it bids to increase its presence in the Canadian market...

Hedge fund assets for prime custody services surge
13 September 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Hedge fund assets that are available for prime custody services stood at $684 billion in August 2012, increasing by 40 percent since 2010, according to a new report...

BMO Global Asset Management rebrands business lines
11 September 2012 Chicago, Illinois
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The three primary business lines of M&I Institutional Trust Services have been rebranded to reflect their integration into Canadian firm BMO Global Asset Management...

Zurcher Kantonalbank adds Zemp to prime finance team
10 September 2012 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Zurcher Kantonalbank has snapped up Raphael Zemp as a vice president and trader for its prime finance team. He will work on the fixed income and financing side of the business...

Securities lending is at a high for OCC
07 September 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) securities lending CCP activities saw a 50 percent increase in new loans from August 2011, with 92,072 transactions last month...

Clearstream’s GSF services drop in August
07 September 2012 Luxembourg and Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its August 2012 figures, which reveal an increase in assets under custody, but a dip in the company’s global securities financing services...

Security futures contracts drop at OneChicago
07 September 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OneChicago (OCX), an equity finance exchange, traded 433,498 security futures contracts in August 2012, a dip compared to 507,238 traded in the...