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Eurex continues to grow
01 March 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Average daily volume of 10.3 million contracts at Eurex Group in February Eurex Repo continues to grow in all markets...

EuroCCP to Clear Trades for the Spanish MTF, PAVE
01 March 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

EuroCCP, the pan-European cash equities clearing house, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PAVE, (Plataforma Alternativa de Valores Españoles), Spain’s first multilateral trading facility (MTF), to become the clearing house for PA

Northern Trust rolls out enhanced Passport
01 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Northern Trust has announced that it has deployed a new version of its multi-faceted web portal, Passport®, enhanced to address the specialized needs of institutional investors to quickly access and effectively analyze their investment information.

Canada to relax short selling rules
28 February 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organisation of Canada (IIROC) has announced plans to remove restrictions on short selling in falling markets...

Options Clearing Corporation appoint Callahan
25 February 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has announced the appointment of Thomas Callahan, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Liffe U.S., the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, to its Board of Directors.

ISLA seeks topics for conference
24 February 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The organisers of the forthcoming ISLA/AFME International Securities Lending Conference in Portugal in June are soliciting industry views for topics to be discussed during round table sessions...

Northern Trust to acquire BOISS
24 February 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has reached an agreement to acquire the fund administration, investment operations outsourcing and custody business of the Bank of Ireland Group, Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BOISS)...

White paper: What Basel III Means for Securities Lending and Collateral Management
23 February 2011 Concord
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Finadium have published a new research report looking into what Basel III means for securities lending and collateral management

SimCorp releases version 4.9 of SimCorp Dimension
23 February 2011 Copenhagen
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

New version features important new developments across front-, middle-, and back-office. Major updates include improved collateral management, performance calculations, and compliance checks.

HKEx adds 70 new securities to short selling list
22 February 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has announced that with effect from 25 February 2011,70 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 17 existing designated securities will be removed from the list.

BOC launches RMB repo facilities
22 February 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Bank of China (Hong Kong) has launched securities sale and repurchase facilities through the Central Moneymarkets Unit to facilitate intraday liquidity management of Participating Banks in the RMB Clearing System (RTGS)...

Clearstream figures rise
17 February 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Clearstream has announced a rise in the assets under custody and a big jump in securities lending services...