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LCH benefits from margin rules
08 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

LCH’s SwapClear service has cleared $1 trillion in notional of inflation swaps since the service launched in April 2015...

Trump feeds the bears
08 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s final dash in the polls on the eve of the election has inspired a significant surge in exchange-traded fund shorting activity...

BNY Mellon picks Singapore for new innovation base
07 November 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon will opened its newest global innovation center in Singapore on 17 November...

NY Fed may publish three repo rates
07 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has confirmed it is considering publishing three new benchmark rates based on overnight repo trades as a way of improving market transparency...

Margin variation deadline prompts TriOptima boost
04 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TriOptima is seeing an uptick in interest in its triResolve Margin service as the implementation date of new margin variation rules for non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives gets ever closer....

Pre-election jitters hit US short sellers
04 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers have been remarkably timid in the lead up to one of the most unpredictable US presidential elections in recent history, according to IHS Markit’s Simon Colvin...

Lower liquidity is the new normal
04 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Almost half of surveyed institutions believe the current liquidity drought is here to stay, according to State Street...

OneChicago sees volume rise in October
04 November 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago recorded a 54 percent growth to its transaction volume for October...

Canadian pension funds continue win streak
03 November 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canadian defined benefit pension plans saw a second consecutive quarter of positive returns in Q3 2016, with RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe recording a 7.9 percent improvement on Q3 2015...

Eurex sees repo activity fall in October
03 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo suffered a 34 percent dropoff in its GC Pooling repo activity in October...

OCC sees sec lending growth in October
03 November 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC saw its securities lending central clearing activity shoot up 33 percent in new loans in October...

US SEC refreshes derivatives analysis
03 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Securities and Exchange Commission has released fresh analysis on the likely effects of its proposed rule on the use of derivatives by registered funds and business development companies...