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ISLA vents its concerns
21 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has expressed its concerns regarding the EU Proposal for Regulation on Reporting and Transparency of Securities Financing Transactions...

Jim Coppola joins Mitsubishi UFJ
20 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Jim Coppola has joined Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking’s agency lending desk as senior vice president...

China to allow short selling
20 April 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

China has decided to allow fund managers to lend shares for short selling, and also intends to expand the number of stocks investors can short sell, according to reports...

€1.7 trillion securities on loan in 2014
17 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has found that €1.7 trillion of securities were on-loan globally as at 31 December 2014, drawn from an available lending pool of €12.5 trillion...

DTCC boosts Alert for primes and custodians
16 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has added new global custodian and prime broker automation capabilities to Omgeo Alert...

Banque Pictet launches Calypso system
16 April 2015 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Geneva-based Banque Pictet & Cie has launched its new collateral management solution from software solutions provider Calypso Technology...

Robert Sackett heads to Wells Fargo
15 April 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Robert Sackett is joining Wells Fargo Prime Services as head of securities lending...

State Street appoints new head of securities finance
14 April 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

State Street Corporation has appointed Alex Lawton to senior managing director and head of securities finance for State Street Global Markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
14 April 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 6 April 2015...

Negative capital movement in April for SS&C
14 April 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The gross return of SS&C GlobeOp’s Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2015 measured at 1.30 percent. This figure is down from 2.19 percent in the previous month...

RBC to assist with collateral requirements
14 April 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephen Durham

RBC Investor & Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has launched a solution to monitor and stress test collateral liquidity...

Clearstream continues 2015 growth spurt
13 April 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream’s global securities financing business has sustained its growth throughout 2015, recording an 11 percent increase compared to March last year...