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ETFs offering tasty sec lending returns
12 July 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

European and Asian exchange-traded funds are currently offering particularly attractive lending returns in their equity securities lending rates, according to Clearstream chair Jeffrey Tessler...

State Street joins margin settlement pilot programme
12 July 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation have secured State Street as a participant in a pilot programme to test their joint venture’s margin settlement messaging service...

Clearing industry criticises leverage ratio
12 July 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Basel leverage ratio fundamentally threatens the business model of clearing members and will endanger the stability of the global financial markets, according to a joint industry comment letter...

PwC: global growth on the cards for ETFs
11 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The global exchange-traded fund market is gearing up for a growth spurt, according to a survey by PwC...

Leverage ratio needs omissions, say associations
08 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Five financial industry associations have joined forces to express their strong concern about the implications of including central bank cash balances within Basel III’s leverage ratio framework...

Clearstream: banks on track for T2S
08 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The vast majority of banks are confident that they’re prepared for implementation of TARGET2-Securities (T2S), according to a survey by Clearstream and Accenture...

Consob bans short selling of Italian bank shares
07 July 2016 Rome
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Italian financial services regulator Consob has been forced to impose multiple short selling bans on the share of the country’s banks this week after the financial sector suffered fierce market turbulence...

Microsoft’s Turner takes the helm at Citadel Securities
07 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citadel Securities has tapped Microsoft COO Kevin Turner to fill its vacant CEO position...

Brexit: the day after tomorrow
06 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s financial services firms were the biggest targets after the Brexit vote, according to DataLend...

Eurex Repo’s lower growth continues into June
06 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo’s outstanding volumes have now been lower than last year for six consecutive months, with average outstanding volume at the end of 2015 down €26.7 billion...

OCC boasts record-breaking June volumes
05 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation enjoyed a 39 percent boost to its securities lending new loans volume through its central counterparty in June, compared to the same month in 2015...

CloudMargin secures Little as its latest hire
05 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin has appointed David Little as non-executive director, effective immediately...