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OCC’s securities lending volume rises
03 July 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC’s cleared contract volume declined 6 percent in the first half of 2012, but its securities lending volume rose 15 percent...

J.P. Morgan polishes up collateral management in Japan
29 June 2012 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P.Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has updated its collateral management platform in Japan...

Street gets new role at Citi
28 June 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Citi has made Richard Street the EMEA head of client sales management for investors...

BlackRock reinforces sec lending regulation
28 June 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

At the end of 2011, it was reported that BlackRock’s iShares ETFs lent out on average 92 percent of the securities that they held...

BNY Mellon launches Global Collateral Services
27 June 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon has formed Global Collateral Services to serve broker dealers and institutional investors with collateral management needs...

Nigeria releases guidelines on sec lending
26 June 2012 Nigeria
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines on foreign participation in securities lending. A letter from the bank addressed to all authorised dealers, custodians...

TORA announces short selling solution
22 June 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TORA has introduced a reporting solution intended to meet new regulatory requirements in Hong Kong that call for short selling positions to be reported...

ECB attempts to increase collateral availability
22 June 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

On 20 June 2012 the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided on additional measures to better the access of the banking sector to Eurosystem operations in order to...

$3.2 million stock lending fraud
22 June 2012 New Jersey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Manuel Bello of running an illegal stock lending scheme that netted him $3.2 million. The New Jersey businessman had two firms...

Moody’s downgrades 15 banks
22 June 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The downgrades did not seem to have a great effect, with the global economy and manufacturing output in China remaining the major worries...

J.P. Morgan has new option for managing collateral
21 June 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) announced that its tri-party offering for Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) IEF4 program will begin supporting corporate bonds...

Itau BBA snaps up Wagner
21 June 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brazilian bank Itau BBA has recruited Gregory Wagner from RBS...