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Banks agree to four-way data agreement
15 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Four major banks have agreed to enhanced record-keeping protocols with the New York State Department of Financial Services when using the new Symphony Communications chat and messaging platform...

HSBC appoints new head of securities services
15 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HSBC Securities Services has appointed Rafael Moral Santiago as head of securities services in Europe...

SEC lifts OCC capital stay
14 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US SEC has lifted a temporary stay of OCC’s proposed capital plan amid a challenge from options competitors...

Nikkei 225 short interest increases
14 September 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short sellers did not drive a recent one-day rise of Japan’s Nikkei 225, according to Markit...

OFR guide criticises sec lending reporting standards
11 September 2015 Washington
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities lending and bilateral repo reporting data is “spotty and incomplete”, according to an Office of Financial Research (OFR) Reference Guide.

Unlinked cleared swaps slash outstanding NZD
11 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TriOptima and LCH.Clearnet are expanding their consolidation of unlinked, cleared interest rate swaps, eliminating 30 percent of New Zealand dollar notional outstanding in first SwapClear NZD cycle...

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

Ambarella, Toshiba and Tesco are among the top stock picks from SunGard’s Astec Analytics this week...

Demand drops for Clearstream’s sec finance services
10 September 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Post-trade services provider Clearstream experienced a 3 percent drop off for global securities financing services last month, falling to €613 billion, according to its August figures...

NSD launches settlement risk mitigation technology
10 September 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russia’s central securities depository, the National Settlement Depository (NSD), has implemented back-to-back settlements technology for off-exchange delivery-versus-payment transactions...

Northern Trust grows to meet sec lending demand
10 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has responded to increasing demand for its securities lending and transition management services by creating several new senior positions in its global capital markets team...

Global borrow demand boosted by $10bn
09 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Global borrow balances grew by more than $10 billion in the first week of September with some industries reporting more than $1 billion of stock value fluctuations, according to S3 Blacklight...

Deutsche Bank exit prompts unit merger
09 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Bank has merged its listed derivatives and markets clearing department into its prime services unit, which manages the bank’s securities lending services for borrowers...