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LCH.Clearnet broadens range of collateral
19 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

LCH.Clearnet will accept Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities in an effort to widen their existing collateral range...

$39 million increase in sec lending revenue for BlackRock
19 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue of $2 billion in first quarter 2012 remained about equal to first quarter 2011...

SEC clamps down on naked short selling at optionsXpress
17 April 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The SEC charged an online brokerage and clearing agency, as well as four of the firm's officials and a customer, in an alleged naked short selling scheme...

Bank of Canada buys $1.34 billion of securities for one day
17 April 2012 Ottowa
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Bank of Canada bought C$1.34 billion ($1.34 billion) of securities for one day in order to achieve its overnight interest rate target of 1 per cent...

Thai broker KT ZMICO securities goes live with SunGard solution
17 April 2012 Bangkok
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Thai brokerage firm KT ZMICO Securities is live with SunGard’s Valdi trading in order to streamline its trading on the Thai Stock Exchange (SET)...

Spanish government bonds see ultra high securities lending fees
17 April 2012 Madrid
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Spanish ten-year government bond yields rose above 6 per cent on Monday for the first time since the beginning of December, leading analysts to warn that Madrid could fail to meet deficit targets...

Shadow banking worth $17 not 60 trillion, say Finadium
17 April 2012 Concord
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Finadium have slammed popular reports that the shadow banking industry is worth $60 trillion, stating the figure is almost 75 per cent less...

Quadriserv’s AQS swells by 125 per cent
14 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Quadriserv’s AQS saw a 125 per cent growth in average daily notional balance...

New Edinburgh offices for 4sight
13 April 2012 Edinburgh
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

4sight Financial Software has moved to new larger offices for its Edinburgh UK headquarters...

CIBC Mellon to provide securities lending for Bloom fund
13 April 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CIBC Mellon will provide asset servicing solutions including securities lending, for the Bloom Income & Growth Canadian Fund...

Asia’s top ten largest securities lending balances
12 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Data Explorers have screened the major Asian markets ex. Japan to look at how securities lending balances are distributed throughout the continent...

BNY Mellon expands collateral management services
12 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon will allow futures commission merchants (FCMs) to post a wide range of collateral...