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Cyrus Ardalan appointed new chairman of ICMA
26 May 2011 Paris
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has appointed Cyrus Ardalan as the Association's new chairman. Ardalan becomes chairman with immediate affect having been elected during the 43rd AGM and Conference being held in Paris....

ZKB signs on to use EquiLend’s AutoBorrow
23 May 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) has signed on to use EquiLend’s trading and post trade services. ZKB initially plans to utilize the automated securities finance platform to lend their securities via EquiLend’s AutoBorrow and Availability service

Pico selects InRush
20 May 2011 Woburn
Reporter: Justin lawson

Redline Trading Solutions has had its InRush Accelerated Ticker Plant selected for Pico Quantitative Trading’s (PQT) new managed solution specifically designed for its multi-asset electronic trading clients...

Opportunities Abound Despite Regulatory Hurdles
19 May 2011 London
Reporter: Will Duff Gordon

Will Duff Gordon looks forward to the Data Explorers New York Securities Financing Forum where leading professionals will gather to discuss regulation and the tensions within the securities finance industry, along with some ground breaking new academ

ParAccel take on Minder
17 May 2011 Campbell
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

ParAccel, Inc. has appointed Minder Cheng to its strategic advisory board. Cheng brings more than two decades of experience as a pioneer and leader with several of the world’s leading financial services organisations......

Scott McLaren joins Brown Brothers Harriman
17 May 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Brown Brothers Harriman has hired Scott McLaren as head of relationship management and sales for Asia to strengthen its services and business development in the region. In his new position, McLaren reports to Bill Rosensweig, managing director.....

Euroclear's Xtrackter and SIX Telekurs agree pricing data expansion
17 May 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Xtrakter, has welcomed SIX Telekurs as the first data vendor to access the Mark-to-Market valuation service, known as XM2M. SIX Telekurs clients now have pricing data on over 45,000 domestic and international fixed-income instruments, including......

ICMA publishes 2011 Global Master Repurchase Agreement
16 May 2011 Zurich
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), has published the 2011 version of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA); the most widely used legal agreement for documenting transactions in the cross-border repo market.

Headstrong to launch collateral management survey
13 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Headstrong has teamed up with TowerGroup to create a benchmarking survey on the collateral management process across all asset classes...

BTIG enhances multi-prime solution
13 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

BTIG, LLC, has added J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. (J.P. Morgan) as a clearing agent and custodian for its Prime Brokerage platform. BTIG Prime Brokerage will now offer its clients both J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. and Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing

Warsaw to build securities lending activities
11 May 2011 Warsaw
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Warsaw Stock Exchange has said it will be creating a bourse for securities lending trades at the start of 2012...

Specialist class action law firm renames
10 May 2011 Radnor
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Not content with litigating securities lending actions on behalf of institutional clients the law firm known as Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP will be changing it's name, effective May 15, it becomes Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP...