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Post-trade pair slash pending CAD IRS notional
09 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TriOptima and SwapClear have eliminated 20 percent of inter-dealer notional outstanding in cleared Canadian dollar interest rate swaps...

BBH look to their own for new investor services head
09 October 2015 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brown Brothers Harriman has chosen Seán Páircéir as its next global head of investor services...

CloudMargin lands global head of sales
08 October 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

CloudMargin has recruited Karl Wyborn as managing director and global head of sales...

Investment Association chief steps down
08 October 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The chief executive of the Investment Association has stepped down from his role with immediate effect...

US SEC supports T+2 settlement cycle
08 October 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

An industry coalition has welcomed a letter from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting the move to a two-day settlement cycle in the US...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
07 October 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The much-publicised commodity trader Glencore unsurprisingly took the top spot for SunGard’s Astec Analytics latest hot stocks list for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

Irish UCITS reform streamlines repo and sec lending
07 October 2015 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Central Bank of Ireland has simplified its requirements for UCITS funds...

ECB opts for STOXX EUR GC Pooling index
06 October 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank will now use Deutsche Börse Group’s STOXX EUR GC Pooling index as its new benchmark rate for fixed term deposits, following the discontinuation of the Eurepo index...

Weeden Prime Services expands cap intro team
06 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Weeden Prime Services has hired Will Greco as head of capital introductions...

OCC sees sec lending up by almost a third
06 October 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

New loan activity in OCC’s securities lending central counterparty increased 29 percent in September compared to the same month in 2014...

ECB’s quantitative easing policy hits Eurex’s repo clearing
05 October 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo recorded an average outstanding volume of €147 billion in all markets for September due to the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, according to Eurex Clearing trading statistics...

SunGard platform wins UKAR treasury mandate
05 October 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

UK Asset Resolution has adopted SunGard’s Ambit Treasury Management system...