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Increase in average daily cleared contract for OCC
03 September 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

OCC’s securities lending central counterparty activity was down 16 percent in new loans for August 2014 compared to August 2013, with only 93,950 transactions last month...

Collateral a bigger priority for risk managers
02 September 2014 Wayne
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

There is an attitudinal shift among risk managers, according to a global survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRIMA) and SunGard...

New CFO at Lombard Risk
02 September 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Lombard Risk Management has appointed Nigel Gurney as CFO and member of its board...

Charles Schwab bags BlackRock's Bruce McDougal
02 September 2014 San Francisco
Reporter: Tammy Facey

US investment services firm Charles Schwab has hired Bruce McDougal as vice president in its compliance team...

Eurex GC Pooling hits €161 billion
02 September 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eurex Repo reported in August 2014 for its secured money market GC Pooling an average outstanding volume of €161 billion...

Gilt general collateral repo trading gets upgrade
01 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

LCH.Clearnet is launching a new product to enhance the central clearing of gilt general collateral repo trades...

New European repo index hits the market
29 August 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ICAP Information Services and MTS are expanding the RepoFunds Rate indices to include RepoFunds Rate (RFR) Euro...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch expands in Hong Kong
29 August 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Jason Kendall as director and stock loan trader in its Hong Kong office...

UBS bags Barry McCarthy in Hong Kong
28 August 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Northern Trust’s Barry McCarthy has joined UBS in Hong Kong. He moved to bank last month to take up an equities trading role...

BM&FBovespa has bumper July
28 August 2014 Sao Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa processed 121,284 securities lending transactions in July, beating June’s total of 108,422 by 12,862...

Regulation paramount for Australian firms
27 August 2014 Melbourne
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Regulatory change has been ranked highest on a list of executive issues for Australian financial services firms, according to a recent report by SunGard financial Systems...

Sizing up hedge funds
27 August 2014 Atlanta
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

The US is the dominant supplier of reported hedge fund products (38 percent) and assets (53 percent), according to eVestment Sizing’s 2013 Hedge Fund and Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) Universe report...