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Hedge funds see positive 2015
25 January 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Last year was a relatively good one for hedge funds, which finished 2015 with a return of 2.42 percent net of fees, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)...

Goldman Sachs picks new PB head
25 January 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Goldman Sachs has appointed Lucia Arienti to lead its prime brokerage consulting team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to multiple sources...

BNY Mellon sec lending boasts Q4 growth
25 January 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon’s securities lending revenue jumped by 8 percent between Q3 and Q4 2015...

Hong Kong expands shorting list
22 January 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

China Energy Engineering will be eligible for short selling on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from 29 January...

FIS hot stocks: 11 Jan
22 January 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Tesla Motors, Siemens and Japan Hotel REIT Investment all took top spots in the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week starting 11 January...

BNP Paribas to utilise €GCPlus
22 January 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNP Paribas Securities Services now offers clearing, settlement and custody services for clients trading euro cash liquidity through LCH. Clearnet’s €GCPlus product...

Basel III forces hedge funds to reform PB partnerships
21 January 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The majority of hedge fund managers have revised their relationships with prime brokers in order to better tackle new regulatory challenges, according to an Alternative Investment Management Association and S3 Partners joint survey...

Traiana and Trax offer joint repo matching service
21 January 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Traiana and Trax have formed a business alliance to offer a repo matching service to support efficient, automated, operational processes ahead of significant regulatory change...

SEC’s Nash must dash
21 January 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) associate director of the division of investment management, Susan Nash, will leave the agency after 26 years of service at the end of January...

Northern Trust’s sec lending ends 2015 on a high
21 January 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust’s securities lending revenue showed strong growth in Q4 2015, with revenue growing 13 percent on over the previous quarter...

HazelTree partners with MarginSphere for collateral
20 January 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HazelTree has partnered with AcadiaSoft to enhance the collateral management capabilities of the HazelTree Integrated Treasury Management Solution...

Brazil CCP manages to get less for more
19 January 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBovespa managed to complete more securities lending trades last year than in 2014 but suffered a drop-off in total revenue year-to-year.