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OCC enjoys second highest year for cleared contracts
05 January 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OCC cleared 4,333,019,384 contracts in 2014, a 4 percent increase from the 2013 volume of 4,170,855,768 contracts...

Record-breaking 2014 for Russia’s NSD
05 January 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephen Durham

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has reported that the value of liabilities used in over-the-counter tri-party repo transactions with the Bank of Russia reached its highest level and exceeded RUB2 trilli

Fresh investigation for PwC
24 December 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a second investigation under its Accountancy Scheme into PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC’s) conduct in its capacity as auditor to Barclays Bank...

Deutsche Bank securities lending roundup
24 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Research teams at Deutsche Bank have revealed the securities lending trends from the final quarter of 2014, including a positive spin on an automotive crisis...

CalPERS selects federal representatives
23 December 2014 Sacremento, California
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The CalPERS board of administration has selected two firms to represent its interests before the executive branch and US Congress...

L/S equity shows resilience in volatile market
22 December 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index continued to slide in the week beginning 15 December as global risk aversion was elevated...

Haitong to raise $3.86 billion
22 December 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Chinese brokerage firm Haitong Securities has stated that it plans to raise $3.86 billion in a private share placement in Hong Kong...

SS&C GlobeOp forward redemptions up in December
19 December 2014 Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2014 has measured 5.87 percent, up from 5.05 percent in November...

Markit names 2014's best-timed shorts
18 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The best-timed short sales of 2014 within 2000 of the largest European companies at the start of the year have been revealed on a new list by Markit...

Pirum reaches RQV automation milestone
18 December 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Pirum Systems Tri-party RQV Automation service, live with both JP Morgan and BNY Mellon, has reached a significant milestone with processed RQVs reaching over $130 billion daily...

TABB Group finds equity prime brokerage in transition
17 December 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TABB Group has claimed that prime brokerage is in the midst of a large-scale change, according to its latest report, Equity Prime Brokerage: Exploring Uncharted Territory...

Eurepo index coming to an end
17 December 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Eurepo index will be published for the last time on 31 December due to concerns over its usefulness...