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95% of asset managers confident about 3-year growth
17 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset management company CEOs expect revenue growth in the near future, with 88 percent feeling confident about growth in 2015, and 95 percent saying they are confident about the next three years...

Hedge funds shorting GBP and USD, says Lyxor
16 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

In the context of the release of the inflation report on 12 February, the Bank of England has decided to remove the effective 0.5 percent floor for its benchmark interest rate, according to Lyxor...

Leap in broker fees imminent, says Catalyst
16 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Banks may be forced to increase their capital broker fees from the typical 1-2 percent to 14 to 15 percent under increasing regulations around leverage ratio...

State Street bags business analyst
16 February 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities finance business analyst Ron Kaim has moved to State Street...

Murex and ArcadiaSoft pair up for processing
13 February 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Murex and ArcadiaSoft have partnered up to extend the reach of electronic messaging capabilities...

Clearstream sees increase in securities financing
12 February 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream has release its latest global securities financing figures, revealing a 5 percent increase in monthly average outstanding...

SS&C GlobeOp sees uptick in hedge fund index
12 February 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SS&C GlobeOp has released its figures for January 2015, reporting a gross return of 1.18 percent on its Hedge Fund Performance Index, an increase from 0.11 percent in December 2014...

SNS Bank extends SunGard mandate
11 February 2015 Utrecht
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SNS Bank has mandated SunGard to upgrade its treasury and risk infrastructure in an extension of the firms’ ongoing relationship...

Russian NSD reports bumper Q4 2014
11 February 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Russian CSD, the National Settlement Depository, has released its results for Q4 2014, reporting an increase in repo transactions and a record high of securities used as collateral...

2015 to be year of the securities financing transaction
11 February 2015 Basel, Switzerland
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) will complete its regulatory overhaul of securities finance transactions this year, according to chair Mark Carney...

Boost benefits from dip in oil prices
10 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Boost’s range of short and leveraged oil and natural gas exchange traded products are now the most liquid in Europe, as the notional volume across the whole platform hit a record high...

IIFM promotes Islamic alternative to repo
10 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Islamic Financial Market’s MCM Agreement is a viable Islamic alternative to repo, according to speakers at a London event to raise awareness of the agreement...