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Northern Trust chosen to serve City of Tallahassee
14 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Global bank Northern Trust has been chosen by the City of Tallahassee to serve as global custodian for its $2.1 billion in assets.

Securities lending revenue boom for Hong Kong
14 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hong Kong is enjoying a surge in lending revenues that has made the Asian jurisdiction the third largest equity lending market, behind the US and Germany, according to recent Markit data...

Weeden Prime Services expands to meet growing demand
14 August 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Weeden Prime Services, a US-based prime brokerage services provider for hedge funds, has expanded its sales and client services teams...

Hong Kong Stock Exchange securities list updated
13 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited is revising its listed securities for short selling to add 76 and remove 11 existing securities, effective 14 August...

Mixed figures for Clearstream
13 August 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream’s global securities financing business registered a 3 percent dip in its monthly average outstanding for June 2015...

SunGard sells for $9.1 billion
12 August 2015 Jacksonville, Florida
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banking and payment technology provider FIS has signed an agreement to acquire SunGard for a value of $9.1 billion...

AIMA launches new Basel III impact survey
12 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A new survey exploring the impact of Basel III bank capital rules on money managers and their financing relationships has been launched by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and S3 Partners...

Markit secures purchase of CoreOne Technologies
12 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial information provider Markit has acquired CoreOne Technologies, a global provider of regulatory reporting index management, data management and prime brokerage services...

Citi snaps up Caplan and Kempton
12 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Former Deutsche Bank prime finance pair Simon Kempton and Daniel Caplan move to Citi...

Mathew Lewis to lead Axiom’s global banking practice
12 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Mathew Lewis has joined Axiom, a technology-enabled legal services provider, as co-head of its global banking practice...

Markit’s most shorted
11 August 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Tidewater, Bilfinger and Vanke are among the most shorted companies according to Markit's latest global data...

CSDR will damage securities lending market, says ISLA
11 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Securities Lending Association “fundamentally disagrees” with the Central Securities Depository Regulation’s implementation of mandatory buy-ins for securities lending transactions...