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HSBC bags £6.5 billion mandate
19 May 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

HSBC Securities Services has been appointed global custodian to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds for Norfolk, Suffolk and the London Borough of Hackney...

SGX and Clearstream to host conference
19 May 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The relationship between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Clearstream has been strengthened further by their decision to co-host the 5th Global Securities Financing Conference Asia, in Singapore...

UK leads European hedge funds
19 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The majority of European hedge fund managers that have set up business in recent years have been in the UK, according to data from Preqin’s hedge fund analyst...

UOB becomes first Eurex Clearing member in Asia
16 May 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Tammy Facey

United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB) of Singapore has become the first member of Eurex Clearing in Asia...

Growth for GemCap in Columbus
15 May 2014 Ohio
Reporter: Tammy Facey

GemCap has opened a new office in Columbus, which will be managed by Jim Thieken, executive vice president of GemCap...

Zürcher Kantonalbank makes promotion
15 May 2014 Zurich
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Zürcher Kantonalbank has promoted Ueli von Burg to head its cash and collateral trading and management desk, taking over from Felix Oegerli...

Clearstream improves again
14 May 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Clearstream have surpassed their 2013 results by posting increases for the year ending April 2014, with the monthly average outstanding for Global Securities Financing (GSF) reaching €589.8 billion...

Lombard posts record results
14 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Lombard Risk Management saw revenues climb by £3.6 million to £20.4 million for the financial year ending 31 March 2014...

Societe Generale finalises the acquisition of Newedge
13 May 2014 London
Reporter: Franki Webb

Societe Generale has finalised the acquisition of Credit Agricole's 50 percent stake in the capital of Newedge.

Exclusive: Jakob Burell to Dankse Bank
13 May 2014 Stockholm
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Jakob Burell is to join Dankse Bank after leaving his position as global head of equity finance at SEB...

Pirum to feed data to SunGard
13 May 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

SunGard and Pirum have joined forces to allow mutual clients to deliver their data straight to Astec Analytics via Pirum technology.

Schoening to join Doran Jones
13 May 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Brad Schoening is to join Doran Jones as part of its senior management team. Schoening has been a senior technology manager and software architect working with both financial services and technology firms...