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Broadridge acquires Anetics
05 February 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Broadridge has acquired Massachusetts-based tech firm Anetics, adding to its arsenal of securities finance tools...

Eurex Clearing wins US approval
05 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Europe’s largest clearinghouse and part of the Deutsche Börse group, Eurex Clearing, has received regulatory approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...

IMN: CCPs not quite central to sec lending plans
05 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A conference audience poll found that 63.9 percent of attendees believe that central counterparties will account for just 5 percent of securities lending transactions by 2017...

IMN: cyber concerns about regulators
05 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Unanswered questions about the security of reported data stored by regional regulators should be a major concern, hears IMN’s Beneficial Owners' International Securities Lending & Collateral Management Conference...

Costs affecting IRS clearing decision, says TABB
05 February 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Costs are playing a major role in where buy-side firms are choosing to clear their interest rate swaps, according to a new report...

New CEO appointed for FCA
05 February 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HM Treasury has appointed Andrew Bailey as the new CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority...

IMN: keeping securities lending fees-able
04 February 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
Reporter: Drew Nicol

There was a significant swing in the percentage of US and Canadian transactions using non-cash collateral last year, according to DataLend’s Chris Benedict, who predicted that this might even reach a 50-50 split by the end of 2016...

ESMA clears the way for UK pension scheme exemptions
04 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Securities and Markets Authority has backed plans to exempt 16 UK pension schemes from central clearing obligations...

Overstock and Merrill Lynch settle for $20 million
03 February 2016 California
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Overstock.com has ended its long legal battle with a group of broker-dealers after securing a $20 million settlement from the remaining defendant...

OneChicago's monthly volume jumps 58 percent
03 February 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw its volume increase in January to 862,488, a 58 percent rise year-over-year...

ESMA gives buy-in exemption to certain SFTs
02 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities financing participants have successfully obtained an exemption from the mandatory buy-in regime of the Central Securities Depository Regulation for certain transactions...

D’Eramo takes over from Bateman at RBC I&TS
02 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Don D’Eramo will assume responsibility for managing the securities finance business globally at RBC Investor & Treasury Services following the departure of Kelly Bateman...