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New collaboration for Grant Thornton and Foley O’Neill
16 June 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Grant Thornton UK has agreed a new collaboration with Foley O’Neill which will see the two firms working together to offer specialist securities finance and collateral management consultancy services...

CloudMargin on the horizon for Metro Bank
15 June 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Metro Bank has selected collateral management solution CloudMargin to provide collateral management technology for Metro Bank’s over-the-counter derivatives and repo portfolios...

SS&C GlobeOp hedge fund index up 0.34 percent
11 june 2015 Windsor, Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SS&C GlobeOp has announced that the gross return of its Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2015 measured 2.20 percent, up from 0.34 percent in the previous month...

SunGard's hottest stocks
11 june 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 1 June 2015...

Watch out: SWIFT boosts data intelligence
10 June 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT has launched Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that helps securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic...

Hedge funds continue gains
10 June 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Hedge funds posted gains for the fourth consecutive month in May, led by equity hedge strategies, with significant contributions from technology, healthcare and fundamental value exposures, according to Hedge Fund Research...

The more the merrier, says Celent
10 June 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The success of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect hinges on removing barriers to participation, according to a whitepaper published by Celent and commissioned by DTCC...

ABN AMRO Clearing joins BM&F/Bovespa
09 June 2015 Amsterdam
Reporter: Stephen Durham

ABN AMRO Clearing has been admitted as a carrying broker and clearing member of the derivatives segment on the Brazilian exchange BM&F/Bovespa, clearing its first transaction earlier in 2015...

Markit's most shorted
08 June 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Water firm Layne Christensen is the most shorted company worldwide ahead of earnings results with 25.7 percent of its shares out on loan, according to the latest list from Markit...

BCS Prime joins Eurex
08 June 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

BCS Prime Brokerage, the international arm of BCS Financial Group and the largest broker of equities and derivatives on the Moscow Exchange, has been granted membership on Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange...

Merrill Lynch admits short sales misinformation
05 June 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Merrill Lynch has admitted using inaccurate data when executing short sale orders, and agreed to a settlement of almost $11 million...

Pershing launches OpportunityView
05 June 2015 Orlando, Florida
Reporter: Stephen Durham

BNY Mellon company Pershing LLC has launched OpportunityView, a new solution designed to help advisors and broker-dealers identify opportunities to increase returns for their clients...