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LCH.Clearnet expands SwapClear service
04 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH.Clearnet is launching a new interest rate portfolio margining capabilities within its SwapClear service...

PASLA/RMA: foreign investors could flourish
04 March 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Qualified foreign institutional investors and their renminbi counterparts could still enter China's margin financing and securities borrowing and lending markets, according to a panel at the PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending...

Wells Fargo add three directors
03 March 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Wells Fargo Securities has added three directors to its prime services sales and capital introduction groups...

Stock-Connect gets short selling
03 March 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short selling of certain Shanghai-listed A shares is now permitted through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme...

Steep peaks and troughs for OneChicago
03 March 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

OneChicago saw an increase of 14 percent for its trading volume in February 2014, despite a 59 percent drop in the number of exchange-traded funds (ETF)...

OCC sec lending activity decreases in February
03 March 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was down 9 percent in new loans in February compared to the same month in 2014...

PASLA/RMA: the verdict on the pipeline
03 March 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending kicked off with a panel discussion on some of the emerging securities borrowing and lending markets in the region, with South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan under the spotlight...

European asset manager fears onerous SFT reporting
02 March 2015 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

European asset management firm Amundi has expressed disappointment over reverse repos and securities lending being considered securities finance transactions under the FSB's consultation on data collection and aggregation...

Drinker Biddle adds to investment management group
26 February 2015 Philadelphia
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Drinker Biddle & Reath has recruited Matthew Silver as counsel for its investment management practice group in Philadelphia...

BM&FBovespa enjoys January increase
26 February 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions reached 132,115 in January at Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBovespa...

OCC names new vice president
25 February 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

OCC has appointed Scot Warren as executive vice president for business development and the Options Industry Council...

Venture capital firm takes stake in CloudMargin
25 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

llluminate Financial Management has invested in CloudMargin, the collateral and risk management technology platform originally backed by a group of senior financial market executives...