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Canadian pension funds see Q1 returns drop-off
11 May 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Canadian pension funds suffered a 0.03 percent fall in defined benefits pension plans’ returns in Q1 2016, according to RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe...

HazelTree appoints Shalaby as president and CEO
10 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial management solutions provider HazelTree has named Sameer Shalaby as the company’s president, CEO and board director...

SocGen sees strong Q1 prime services growth
10 May 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Societe Generale’s prime services registered an 11 percent increase in revenue in Q1 2016, the bank’s latest quarterly results have revealed...

Eurex loses innovation chief
10 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Brendan Bradley has departed from his position as chief innovation officer and member of the executive board at Eurex...

Korea Exchange pairs with DTCC
10 May 2016 Seoul
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the KRX to cooperate on a trade repository solution in South Korea...

EquiLend recruits Moroney, reveals NGT value
09 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has appointed James Moroney as director and trading product specialist...

Moscow achieve record breaking CCP repo volume
06 May 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Moscow Exchange saw record-high trading volumes of central counterparty cleared repo transactions in April...

Industry calls for change to US federal funds open rate
05 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICAP's federal funds open rate should be replaced by the the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s new overnight bank funding rate as a benchmark for pricing and performance reporting, industry associations have argued...

No bid for LSE, confirms ICE
05 May 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Intercontinental Exchange has confirmed it will not place a counter-bid to Deutsche Börse’s offer for a merger with the London Stock Exchange Group...

Eurex Repo sees volume drop-off in April
04 May 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo, which operates the GC Pooling and Euro Repo markets, suffered a 22 percent drop in its monthly outstanding volume in April...

IBM tackles blockchain's security concerns
04 May 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US technology giant IBM is working with securities borrowing and lending participants such as BNY Mellon to create a “tamper-resistant” blockchain solution for the trade and transfer of assets...

Saudi Arabia opens door to securities lending
04 May 2016 Riyadh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Saudi Arabia’s Capital Markets Authority has approved the introduction of securities lending and covered short selling to the Saudi Stock Exchange from H1 2017...