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AIFs at risk from asset segregation
11 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset segregation as proposed under AIFMD will compromise tri-party collateral management and securities lending, according to Ross Whitehill, managing director of BNY Mellon Markets Group...

GIC adopts Omego Alert
11 May 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited has adopted Omgeo Alert, the industry’s largest web-based global database for the maintenance and communication of account and SSIs...

Langworthy joins SEB in New York
08 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Ted Langworthy has joined SEB as senior sales trader, within the hedge fund sales trading group, located in New York...

OneChicago gives its two cents
07 May 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OneChicago has requested guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury concerning three issues related to section 1058 of the Internal Revenue Code...

SunGard's hottest stocks
06 May 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 27 April 2015—one that has seen earnings numbers holding sway over market behaviour...

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...