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ReadQ converts Zion
03 October 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Zions Bank converts to ReadQ Systems' QTIX trading platform......

BarCap suspended for short selling glitch in Japan
30 September 2011 Osaka
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Barclays Capital faces administrative sanctions from the Japanese financial regulator following the firm's report of a technical glitch with its system connecting to the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE)...

Securities lending key to "new finance" - Data Explorers
29 September 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

In the global race for high quality government debt, the collateral upgrade trade is taking off and securities lending is "at the fulcrum of the new finance", says Data Explorers.

Equilend sees jump in securities lending
29 September 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

EquiLend has announced a 16 per cent jump in the number of borrowing and lending transactions on its platform since the start of 2011...

Deutsche Bank wins Kentucky mandate
28 September 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Deutsche Bank has announced that its Trust and Securities Services division has won a mandate to provide securities lending services for the Office of Financial Management(OFM)...

BNY Mellon provides securities lending to Teucrium funds
27 September 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has been selected to provide securities lending services for three Teucrium commodity funds....

Absa upgrades stock lending capabilities
26 September 2011 Johannesburg
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Absa Capital has upgraded its versions of SunGard’s Global One, a suite of securities finance solutions for trade processing, operations and reporting...

Data Explorers expands IQ
26 September 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Data Explorers has announced that its securities lending data, tracking short selling and institutional fund activity, is available to its subscribers over Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's (S&P) business...

CCPs provide choice - SIX x-clear
22 September 2011 SIBOS Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Amid a larger overhaul of opaque financial transactions associated with bilateral markets, CCPs are making the business case for their role in the securities lending industry...

AFME and ICMA announce new co-operation agreement
20 September 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

AFME and ICMA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will strengthen their co-operation on matters of mutual interest in European financial markets.....

Deltix seeks alpha with Data Explorers
19 September 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Data Explorers has announced that its intraday security level inventory and short interest data will be available as part of the Deltix QuantOffice, which allows users to create, back-test and optimise trading strategies...

BoE warns on securities lending contagion risk
19 September 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Bank of England (BoE) has issued a warning on the potential contagion risk associated with securities lending transactions in its latest quarterly bulletin...