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Exclusive: Ferguson steps down as CASLA president
18 November 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Rob Ferguson has stepped down as president of the Canadian Securities Lending Association...

ICMA-ERC: regulations are radically altering repo
18 November 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Uncoordinated regulations are radically altering the short-term secured financing market, argues a new study...

Commissioner Aguilar to leave SEC
17 November 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commissioner Luis Aguilar is set to leave the US Securities and Exchange Commission in December...

CUSIP requests jump 20 percent
17 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CUSIP Global Services saw a sharp increase in requests for new security identifiers in October, suggesting that there could be a surge in new corporate and municipal bond issuances...

BlackRock eases sec lending requirements
17 November 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock has lowered its over-collateralisation level for equity loans using equity collateral to between 5 and 12 percent...

Shadow banking breaks $80trn mark
16 November 2015 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board valued the shadow banking industry at $80 trillion in 2014, up from $78 trillion 2013...

Stefan Lepp leaves Clearstream Banking International
16 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Stefan Lepp has stepped down as CEO of Clearstream Banking International...

Clearstream suffers sec financing loss
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) figures for October show a 10 percent drop-off on last year’s figures...

Liquidity Alliance meets buy side
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Liquidity Alliance now offers collateral management services to buy side through its 360T platform...

Deutsche Börse shakes up board responsibilities
13 November 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse Group will redistribute responsibilities of its executive board, effective 1 January 2016...

Haitong International chooses SunGard’s Global One
12 November 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Haitong International Securities Group has chosen SunGard’s Global One solution to manage its new stock lending and borrowing business in Hong Kong...

Ben Challice leaves Nomura
12 November 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Ben Challice has decided to leave Nomura after the bank moved to simplify the management structure of its prime brokerage business...