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Clearstream enjoys increase in securities financing
11 June 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Clearstream saw rises global securities financing and custody in May, and confirmed that its services' growth drivers remain strong...

Lombard Risk unveils COLLINE update
10 June 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Lombard Risk Management’s latest version of its collateral solution will include an inventory manager and optimisation and substitution workflow functionalities...

Minimum margin requirement 'a possibility'
10 June 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A “broadly applicable” margin requirement to protect against capital exiting short-term funding markets in the event of a financial crisis would make sense, a US Federal Reserve governor has reportedly said...

Maijoor: securities financing needs to be clearer
09 June 2014 Berlin
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority has welcomed the EU’s move to require securities finance transactions to be reported to trade repositories...

Credit union sells trust business
06 June 2014 Anchorage
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Alaska Trust Company is acquiring the trust division of Alaska USA Trust Company, a subsidiary of a $5.5 billion credit union...

Hedge funds positive in May
06 June 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Hedge fund performance was positive overall in May, rebounding from a slight decline in April, according to eVestment's May 2014 Hedge Fund Performance Report...

$114 trillion savings from triReduce compression cycles
06 June 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TriOptima and LCH.Clearnet members have eliminated $114 trillion in notional principal since December 2013, thanks to the resumption of triReduce compression cycles within LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear service...

Record 2013 for Rule Financial
05 June 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Rule Financial has posted record annual revenues of £48.2 million...

India strengthens SBL framework
05 June 2014 Mumbai
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Authorised intermediaries can now enter into securities borrowing and lending agreements with clearing members in India, following market calls for the change...

BCS appoints Tikhomirov
04 June 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

BCS Financial Group (BCS) has appointed Vladimir Tikhomirov as its new chief economist...

Markit launches new iNAV service
04 June 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Markit has launched an enhanced intraday net asset value (iNAV) service for exchange traded products (ETPs)...

OCC CCP activity in May down 18 percent
03 June 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC's securities lending central counterparty activity was down 18 percent in new loans from May 2013, with 99,782 transactions recorded last month...