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Milwaukee pension in the hands of Northern Trust again
12 May 2014 Milwaukee
Reporter: Tammy Facey

The trust between Milwaukee’s Employees Retirement System is strengthened as Northern Trust is reappointed as the fund’s global custodian...

New collateral platform from SIX and CME Clearing
12 May 2014 Switzerland
Reporter: Tammy Facey

European can now manage collateral thanks to SIX Securities Services and CME Clearing Europe....

SEC commissioner wants more disclosure
09 May 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Funds should disclose the percentage of assets out on loan and how they split revenue with sponsors, Kara Stein of the US Securities and Exchange Commission has suggested...

Zywot and Udall take over at CASLA
08 May 2014 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon’s Phil Zywot and Scotiabank’s Stewart Udall have joined the Canadian Securities Lending Association (CASLA) as representatives...

BNP Paribas adds new markets to Collateral Highway
08 May 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Four new markets benefit from the extended partnership of BNP Paribas and Euroclear for Collateral Highway...

SunGard’s hot stocks: 5 May
08 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Only Twitter and Anhui Conch managed to hold their place at the top of SunGard’s Astec Analytics latest hot stocks list...

Mixed results for funds in April
08 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Aggregate hedge fund performance was positive in April but equity strategies, which have taken in the vast majority of investor flows in 2014, were negative for the second consecutive month...

Deutsche Bank nabs pension fund mandate
08 May 2014 South Carolina
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

South Carolina Retirement Systems has mandated Deutsche Bank as its first third-party securities lending agent, according to reports...

Euroclear and DTCC announce joint venture
07 May 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Boards of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have authorised a joint venture to deliver a collateral processing infrastructure that will integrate both companies’ capabilities...

Eurex Repo grows despite fall in outstanding volume
07 May 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Eurex Repo, which operates Swiss Franc, Euro Repo and GC Pooling markets, recorded an average outstanding volume of €221.6 billion euros in all markets in April 2014, down from €224.5 billion in April 2013...

Citi lands NBIM mandate
06 May 2014 Oslo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Citi has been awarded a mandate from NBIM, the organisation responsible for managing the Government Pension Fund Global, to provide global custody and securities lending services to support NBIM’s $850 billion investment portfolio globally...

TriOptima completes first cross currency compression
06 May 2014 Stockholm
Reporter: Tammy Facey

The first ever cross currency cycles in Japanese yen and US dollars have been completed by TriOptima...