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ECB pessimism triggers euro slump
04 September 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its growth and inflation forecasts, causing the euro to drop to a two-week low...

Pioneer Investments creates new vice president role
04 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pioneer Investments has named John Black to the newly created role of senior vice president and institutional business development officer...

Chanod seeks new opportunities with Wells Fargo
04 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Chris Chanod, formally of PrimeOne Solutions, has taken on a new role as director for prime services sales at Wells Fargo...

ISLA: demand up for equity as collateral
03 September London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Equities now take up 57 percent of all collateral held by triparty service providers, according to an International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) market study...

Finglas moves on from BNP Paribas
03 September Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Jemma Finglas has resigned from BNP Paribas after 10 years service, effective immediately...

Moving on up
02 September 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CACEIS’s Sofian Mezrag has moved up the ladder to take on the role of manager of the middle office/operations...

JSE launches new IRS futures product
02 September 2015 Johannesburg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest marketplace, launched JSE Eris interest rate swap (IRS) futures, last week...

OneChicago sees August highs
02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago, a securities finance exchange, boasted a 57 percent increase in its trading volume from 2014 for August 2015, with more than a million recorded trades...

OCC enjoys August sec lending climb
02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has announced that its securities lending central counterparty clearing activity was up 27 percent for new loans in August 2015 with 119,360 transactions...

BNY Mellon appoints new markets group president
01 September 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BNY Mellon has appointed Michelle Neal as the new president of its markets group...

Greece renews short selling ban
01 September 2015 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greece has renewed its ban on short selling until the end of September...

Japan adds T bills to sec lending facility
01 September 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Bank of Japan will now include treasury discount bills (T bills) as approved securities to be sold through the Securities Lending Facility, following the recent turmoil in Asian markets...