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European secondary markets a concern, says ICMA
25 November 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Concerns are growing that secondary markets for European bonds have become critically impaired and are no longer able to function effectively, according to a study from ICMA...

InteDelta expands network with Asia-Pacific partnership
24 November 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

InteDelta has paired up with Singapore-based collateral, clearing and post-trade consultancy Deriv Asia to bring its collateral management services to the Asia-Pacific financial market...

Scorpeo brings in securities finance experts
24 November 2014 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Corporate actions specialist Scorpeo has recruited Chris Barrow and Jack McNally...

Fund Recs and CloudMargin partner up in the cloud
24 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Fund Recs and CloudMargin have formed a partnership to provide an integrated cloud-based collateral management and portfolio reconciliation platform to comply with EMIR regulations...

Lombard Risk and Genpact's new solution
21 November 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Lombard Risk Management and Genpact have collaborated to provide a new solution to help financial services firms optimise their collateral management operations...

Pension funds hungry for investment risk
21 November 2014 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Pension funds will see an increase in appetite for investment risk over the next three years, according to a report by State Street...

Retailers seeing increased short interest
20 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A number of speciality retailers have high levels of short interest ahead of earnings results following positive US sales numbers, according to Markit...

SunGard's hottest stocks
20 November 2014 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 17 November 2014...

Cuckoo for CoCos
19 November 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Financial institutions across Europe have flocked to contingent convertibles (CoCos) in order to shore up their balance sheets analyst at Markit Relte Schutte...

iMatchative appoints Matt Jose
19 November 2014 San Francisco
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Matt Jose has been appointed as global head of client services of Sam Hocking’s San Francisco-based firm, iMatchative.

Markit restructures securities finance leadership
18 November 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

David Carruthers is leaving Markit to join a new venture outside of securities lending, it has been confirmed...

Hedge funds in recovery mode, says Lyxor
17 November 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The market recovery is gathering momentum, according to Lyxor Asset Management, with the S&P 500 hitting a new high...