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Pirum automates loan release process
01 March 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum has completed work on its new Loan Release functionality, allowing lending clients to fully automate the release process for their new loan instructions...

Canadian early warning system exempts sec lending
29 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions have been exempted from changes to Canada’s early warning system in certain circumstances, the Canadian Securities Administrators has confirmed...

Graulich takes on new role with Deutsche Börse
26 February 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Matthias Graulich has moved up the ranks of Deutsche Börse to become head of cross-markets strategy...

Brexit could threaten LSE–Deutsche Börse merger
26 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The potential merger of the London Stock Exchange and German exchange operator Deutsche Börse “would be put at risk” if the UK decides to leave the EU...

FIS hot stocks: 15 Feb
26 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology, medical and energy were some of the most shorted sectors in the past week, according to FIS Astec Analytics...

EXCLUSIVE: CIBC Mellon appoints new global head of sec lending
26 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CIBC Mellon has appointed Lisa Tomada as global head of securities lending, following the promotion of Jeffrey Alexander...

Murex presents market risk solution
25 February 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Murex has devised a packaged solution to deal with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s new minimum capital requirements for market risk...

Hong Kong’s SFC expands scope of short reporting
25 February 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will broaden short selling reporting rules to cover all securities that can be sold short through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...

DC Circuit refuses to delay OCC's approval
25 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The DC Circuit has denied a motion to delay approval of OCC's capital plan, paving the way for the payment of refunds and dividends to shareholder stock exchanges and clearing members totalling $291.5 million...

$27 billion could be at risk, says report
24 February 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The annual industry-wide unsupported exposure due to collateral settlement failure for 42 sell-side firms is estimated to be nearly $27 billion, a DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral and PwC report has warned...

Credit Suisse appoints Dabbs to prime derivatives role
24 February 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Credit Suisse’s John Dabbs has been appointed global head of prime derivatives services, effective immediately...

LSE and Deutsche Börse in merger talks
23 February 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

London Stock Exchange (LSE) has confirmed that it is in talks with German exchange operator Deutsche Börse over a potential merger...