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REIT to increase sec lending pool
21 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Real estate investment trust Two Harbors Investments is currently in the market for a new portfolio of mortgage-backed securities that is can open up to securities financing activities...

Trump presidency a positive for asset managers
18 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alternative asset managers are generally optimistic about the performance of their portfolios under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to a Preqin survey...

SEC’s Fleming defends Dodd-Frank Act
17 November 2016 Maryland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rick Fleming has come out in defence of the embattled Dodd-Frank Act following President-Elect Donald Trump’s repeated threats to repeal and replace it...

Lombard Risk’s Colline gets an interface lift
17 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

GFT and Lombard Risk are collaborating to design a new user interface for the Colline collateral management platform that will open up its services to smaller clients...

Euroclear adds Pirum's sec lending to triparty
16 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear has opened up its triparty platform to Pirum’s securities lending toolkit...

ESMA delays Category 3 EMIR phase in deadline
16 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Securities Markets Authority has offered respite to ‘Category 3’ firms struggling to comply with European Market Infrastructure Regulation implementation burdens...

CloudMargin continues high-end shopping spree
16 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial technology firm CloudMargin has continued its rapid growth with two new additions to its US operations...

Wisconsin taps BNY Mellon for middle office services
16 November 2016 Milwaukee
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board has expanded BNY Mellon’s mandate to provide middle-office investment services for assets worth $105 billion...

SEC chair White to step down with Obama
15 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White is stepping down at the end of the Obama administration...

Lombard Risk bolsters APAC team
15 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has reinforced its product and sales teams in the Asia Pacific with three new hires...

Australian exec calls for short selling ban
15 November 2016 Sydney
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The outspoken executive chair of Australian retail chain Harvey-Norman has blamed a short selling conspiracy for spreading malicious rumours and called for a ban on the practice...

T2S user trio launch network platform
15 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Target2-Securities participants will soon be able to utilise a ‘single point of access model’ with enhanced collateral pooling and post-trade services, through a new collaborative network model set to launch in 2017...