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PASLA/RMA: the verdict on the pipeline
03 March 2015 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Securities Lending kicked off with a panel discussion on some of the emerging securities borrowing and lending markets in the region, with South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan under the spotlight...

European asset manager fears onerous SFT reporting
02 March 2015 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

European asset management firm Amundi has expressed disappointment over reverse repos and securities lending being considered securities finance transactions under the FSB's consultation on data collection and aggregation...

Drinker Biddle adds to investment management group
26 February 2015 Philadelphia
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Drinker Biddle & Reath has recruited Matthew Silver as counsel for its investment management practice group in Philadelphia...

BM&FBovespa enjoys January increase
26 February 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions reached 132,115 in January at Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBovespa...

OCC names new vice president
25 February 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

OCC has appointed Scot Warren as executive vice president for business development and the Options Industry Council...

Venture capital firm takes stake in CloudMargin
25 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

llluminate Financial Management has invested in CloudMargin, the collateral and risk management technology platform originally backed by a group of senior financial market executives...

Mandatory buy-ins will cause trouble, says ICMA
25 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has released a report strongly criticising the mandatory buy-in provision in the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR)...

European repo market loses value
25 February 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The size of the European repo market has fallen to €5.5 trillion, according to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
24 February 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe, featuring Transocean, GoPro and Prada...

NSE reaffirms naked short selling ban
24 February 2015 Lagos
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has reminded dealing members about the naked short selling prohibition in place...

Swiss franc shock affects US sec lending
24 February 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The thematic focus of January securities lending in the US was on the unpegging of the Swiss franc and further deterioration in the oil and energy space, according to Deutsche Bank...

Rise in notifications on SS&C platform
23 February 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SS&C GlobeOp’s forward redemption indicator for February 2015 has shown notifications of 3.64 percent, up from 2.49 percent in January...