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ESRB assesses risks in sizeable EU market
28 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The total outstanding value of EU securities on loan reached €501 billion at the end of 2015, the European Systemic Risk Board has reported...

Tesla’s ambition drives shorting
27 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Household names in technology and manufacturing dominated the FIS Astec Analytics Hot Stocks list for the the week beginning 18 July...

Short sellers double down on Nintendo
27 July 2016 Kyoto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

After a sluggish start, short sellers are making up for lost time by quickly building their positions in Nintendo’s stock, with short interest rocketing up more than 400 percent in the past week, according to S3 Blacklight...

New mandate for Euroclear-DTCC collaboration
27 July 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has adopted the margin settlement service offering of GlobalCollateral, the joint venture between Euroclear and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation...

J.P. Morgan to close GSF repo settlement
26 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan is winding down its government securities settlement services with a view to exiting the business by the end of 2017...

CloudMargin continues recruitment drive
26 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin has made yet another senior appointment by recruiting Lee McCormack as head of product strategy...

SIFMA: US debt dominates triparty repo
25 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US government securities still account for nearly half of the US triparty repo collateral pool, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association...

BlackRock enjoys sec lending growth
22 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock grew its securities lending revenue to $157 million for Q2 2016, up from $151 million in the same quarter last year...

BNY Mellon's Jeannine Lehman to retire
21 July 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Jeannine Lehman is retiring from BNY Mellon at the end of the summer, the bank has confirmed...

Northern Trust settles and enjoys higher spreads
21 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Northern Trust will have to pay $46.5 million to settle securities lending litigation, while the bank outperformed the previous quarter in fees earned, according to its Q2 results...

Funston: securities lending deserves own contract
21 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Rising costs and a greater diversity of providers is leading pension funds to request unbundled contracts for securities lending and custody, according to Funston Advisory Services...

SWIFT selected for intraday liquidity reporting
20 July 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Deutsche Bank global transaction banking has selected the SWIFT Scope solution for intraday liquidity reporting...