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Decline in cleared contract volume for OCC
06 May 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

OCC’s cleared contract volume in April stood at 331,552,965, an 8 percent decrease from the April 2014 monthly volume of 360,854,580 contracts...

Positive April for OneChicago
05 May 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

OneChicago saw an increase of 2 percent year-over-year in April 2015 despite a decrease in year-to-date volume of 11 percent compared to 2014...

ECB allows PSPP securities
05 May 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The European Central Bank (ECB) has made the holdings of securities purchased under the public sector purchase programme (PSPP) available for securities lending...

David Linds retires
05 May 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Stephen Durham

David Linds is to retire from his role as senior vice president of business development and relationship management at CIBC Mellon on 1 July 2015...

Joshi replaces Bausano
01 May 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Head of Asia-Pacific equities at Deutsche Bank, Dixit Joshi, is to assume the role of global head of prime finance and move to London, according to reports...

Citi hires global equities and prime sales head
30 April 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Citi has hired Murray Roos as global head of sales for its equities and prime finance divisions...

ESMA approves APAC clearing houses
30 April 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephen Durham

ESMA has recognised ten third-party CCPs in the APAC region, allowing them to provide clearing services to members or trading venues in the EU...

SunGard's hottest stocks
29 April 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 20 April 2015...

CFA Institute: Standardisation and transparency are key
28 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Creating a robust framework around the reuse of collateral in securities financing, and greater transparency through transaction reporting could be the key to preventing financial instability...

Exclusive: EquiLend’s NGT platform goes live
28 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EquiLend successfully rolled out its Next Generation Trading securities finance trading platform on 27 April, with clients from around the world already having executed trades...

Cyan Oak mandates SocGen
27 April 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Societe Generale has been mandated by investment management company Cyan Oak Capital LLP to process derivatives for its range of alternative investment funds...

T+2 is the future, says Omgeo
27 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A study published by Omgeo has revealed that 80 percent of respondents believe T+2 will become the global standard for settlement cycles within 10 years...