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BNP Paribas SS wins French mandate
26 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services announced that it has won a new mandate from Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs to provide a suite of collateral management services, supporting the manager’s OTC derivatives activities...

GlobeOp produces new SEC guidance
26 March 2012 London and NY
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Financial services company GlobeOp has offered insight on the US regulation Form PF ahead of its implementation deadline...

Top 10 most borrowed US shares
23 March 2012 UK and US
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Data Explorers has released a list of the top 100 most borrowed shares in the US...

Shadow banking and repo explored by ERC
23 March 2012 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ICMA’s European Repo Council (ERC) has published the white paper: ‘Shadow banking and repo’, which explores concerns raised by regulators about shadow banking and its relation to the European repo market...

State Street to launch new product Fund Insights
22 March 2012 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

State Street is to launch the Fund InsightsSM Valuation Toolkit, the first in a set of solutions aimed at efficiently providing industry insights for fund managers...

Broadridge launches FinancePro securities solution
22 March 2012 Lake Success
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched FinancePro, a global, multi-asset, multi-currency securities financing solution...

$150 million securities lending lawsuit for J.P. Morgan
22 March 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan will pay $150 million to settle a lawsuit by three American union pension funds and other investors accusing the bank of securities lending losses...

Greg Wagner resigns from RBS
21 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Greg Wagner, global head of equity prime services has resigned from RBS to pursue a new opportunity....

BofE warns insurers on shadow banking
19 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Creating a trade repository for recording transactions would ensure insurers do not act like shadow banks, said BofE’s Paul Tucker...

UK to train Nigerian stockbrokers
19 March 2012 Nigeria
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) will send some of its members from Nigeria to the UK for training on securities lending, in preparation for the opening of the Nigerian Stock Exchange...

$8 million stock fraud in California
16 April 2012 California
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A charge of defrauding $8 million from directors in an elaborate stock-lending scheme has been leveled at Argyll Investments by the SEC...

BNP Paribas Securities Services opens in Colombia and Chile
16 March 2012 Colombia and Chile
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has opened new offices in Colombia and Chile, and acquired the relevant hires, as part of its expansion into Latin America...