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SocGen shares suspended after Greek write down
03 August 2011 Paris
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Societe Generale has announced its results for the second quarter of 2011, and the first six months of the year...

OneChicago announces July volumes
03 August 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago has announced that a total of 115,974 security futures contracts were traded in the month of July 2011...

OCC's securities lending up 24%
02 August 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

New loan activity increased 24 per cent, or over 67,000 contracts in July compared to the same month last year, said Chicago-based Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)...

First Middle East triparty cash repo trade settled
01 August 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is the first Middle East financial institution accepting local counterparties as cash takers and Middle East assets, such as sovereign and corporate bonds out of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area, as collat

KAS Bank securities lending head quits
01 August 2011 Amsterdam
Reporter: Anna Reitman

KAS Bank will lose the head of its securities lending team, Mun Yoshihara, who will be leaving at the end of this week and moving back to Tokyo, Japan...

Markets stabilise on US debt deal hopes, downgrade still haunts
01 August 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Shares rallied on Monday after President Obama announced a deal on raising the US debt ceiling, still to be passed by the Senate...

US crisis hits securities lending
29 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The ongoing budget crisis in Washington is having serious effects on the securities lending market, and although a default is still considered unlikely, the fragile confidence of participants could be hit further in the event of a ratings downgrade..

Hall of Fame veteran joins Quadriserv
28 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Quadriserv appoints securities lending industry veteran Pasquale "Pat" Cestaro III as vice chairman......

Northern Trust wins securities lending mandate
27 July 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Northern Trust has been awarded a GBP 4.6 billion mandate to provide global custody, securities lending, transition management, investment risk and analytical services, cash and foreign exchange services to Lancashire County Council........

BNP Paribas CIB unveils global prime brokerage platform
27 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking has unveiled its global prime brokerage platform, which provides clients with a global approach to financing, execution and servicing...

NSE to start securities lending
26 July 2011 Lagos
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced plans to begin securities lending and short selling...

Pakistan amends CGT rules
26 July 2011 Lahore
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Pakistani Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued draft amendments to the Income Tax Rules relating to the treatment of the capital gains tax (CGT)...