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Illinois court allows Teamsters case to continue
25 March 2015 Illinois
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A district court has allowed a case to proceed that accuses BNY Mellon of violations of ERISA in connection with investments and decisions made by the bank in the administration of a securities lending programme...

ESMA in a pickle over buy-ins
25 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The mandatory buy-in regime present in the CSDR is “an interesting conundrum” for the ESMA, according to chair Steven Maijoor...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
24 March 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 16 March 2015...

LCH.Clearnet appoints new global head of CDSClear
23 March 2015 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Frank Soussan will become global head of CDSClear on 1 July 2015, LCH.Clearnet has confirmed...

Japan updates sec lending facility
23 March 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Bank of Japan is to implement a number of operational changes to its securities lending facilities in order to ease stress in the Japanese government security market...

Forward redemptions creep upwards
20 March 2015 Windsor
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March measured 3.91 percent, up from 3.64 percent in February...

Year-on-year decrease for BM&FBovespa
19 March 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Securities lending revenue in Q4 of 2014 reached $6.2 million at Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa...

Changes to derivatives margin requirements delayed
19 March 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Changes for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives will be delayed by nine months, the Basel Committee and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have agreed...

4sight software enhances support for ALD
18 March 2015 Edinburgh
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Financial software company 4sight has developed new support for the agency lending disclosure (ALD) process, allowing borrowers to reconcile the trades booked in 4sight Securities Finance (4SF) against what is booked in the lending agent’s system..

Clearstream and ICE collaborate on collateral
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream and ICE Clear Europe are collaborating to create a tri-party margin collateral management service, linking the London-based CCP to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
18 March 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 9 March 2015...

Old Mutual Global Investors chooses CloudMargin
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

CloudMargin has been selected to provide collateral management technology for Old Mutual Global Investors, the implementation of which was successfully completed in January 2015...