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Aberdeen AM open to securities lending in China
28 September 2015 Aberdeen
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Aberdeen Asset Management is open to launching a securities lending operation in China after being granted a business licence...

FSB’s numerical haircut floors framework out ‘soon’
28 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board has moved forward with addressing shadow banking concerns, announcing that it will soon publish its framework for numerical haircut floors in non-bank-to-non-bank securities financing transactions...

Shorting soars in legacy airlines
25 September 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Legacy airlines in Europe are seeing an increase in short selling as they face competition domestically, from budget airlines, and internationally from long-distance start-ups and well-known players...

State Street gets currency swaps mandate
24 September 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street has been named as the collateral manager and custodian for the Department of Finance Canada’s currency swap programme...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
24 September 2015 Pennsylvania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Energy giant Dutch Shell, Transocean and CNH Industrial are the hottest stocks for securities lending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to SunGard’s Astec Analytics...

Kenya looks to boost liquidity with sec lending platform
24 September 2015 Nairobi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is launching several new products and tools, including a securities lending facility, to boost liquidity and tackle emerging market volatility...

Triad builds team to tackle prime brokerage demand
23 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Triad Securities has bolstered its prime brokerage sales team with three new hires...

Nearly half of bank’s process costs are wasted
23 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Up to 40 percent of banks’ processing costs for trades could be saved by adopting a ‘utility’ model, according a study from Broadridge Financial Solutions...

SunGard secures French reconciliations mandate
22 September 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Generali Vie, a French life insurance company and part of the Generali Group, has launched SunGard’s IntelliMatch Operational Control solution for managing cash and securities reconciliations...

Tech partners create data centre trading hubs
22 September 2015 Chessington, UK
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Digital Realty Trust and GMEX Technologies have paired up to create several hubs for new product exchanges and trading venues...

BBH names new managing partner
22 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed William Tyree as its managing partner, effective 1 January 2016...

BCS sparks new partnership with Euroclear
21 September 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BCS Financial Group, the largest securities broker on the Moscow Exchange, can now access Euroclear through BCS Prime Brokerage...