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Volume down for Brazilian CCP
15 January 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Securities lending transactions at Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBOVESPA had a financial volume of BRL735.01 billion ($281.5 billion) in 2014, with 1,518,369 trades...

GF Securities in $1 billion IPO
15 January 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephen Durham

China’s third-biggest publicly traded brokerage, GF Securities, is to seek more than $1 billion from an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, according to reports...

Coherence Capital adds Lovisolo to management
15 January 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Coherence Capital Partners has appointed John Lovisolo as its chief operating and risk officer...

More reporting is key to transparency, says Finadium
14 January 2015 Concord, MA
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Finadium has published its response to the SEC plans to increase transparency in the derivatives and securities lending industry, suggesting mandatory reporting and modernisation...

Banking association wants CCP reforms
14 January 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

An association of top US banks has written to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) urging it to take a closer look at central counterparties (CCPs)...

SunGard's hottest stocks
14 January 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 5 January 2015...

SS&C hedge funds see January decline
14 January 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

So far in January 2015, hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index have already declined 2.95 percent from December 2014...

PwC appoints Lachlan Roos
13 January 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recruited Lachlan Roos as its new UK hedge fund leader, taking over from Rob Mellor, who is stepping down...

Markit's most shorted
13 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Markit has compiled a global list of the most shorted stocks that are due to release earnings in the week beginning 12 January...

Regulations lead to buy-side risk, says Misys
12 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The increase in regulations throughout the financial industry is leading to greater risks and more opportunities for buy-side firms, according to a white paper released by Misys...

CloudMargin and AcadiaSoft join forces
12 January 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

CloudMargin and AcadiaSoft have partnered to provide real-time collateral management communication to their clients...

State Street expands Swiss & Global services
09 January 2015 Zurich
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Swiss & Global Asset Management has chosen State Street to provide investment servicing solutions, including securities lending, for $70 billion in assets, expanding existing relations between the institutions...