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Bond ETFs aren’t cheap to borrow, finds Markit
23 May 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Bond exchange-traded funds are among the most expensive to borrow in the US ETF market, according to Markit Securities Finance...

SGX and Clearstream: the right collateral is priority
23 May 2014 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Sourcing the right collateral is an increasing priority for the financial industry in Asia, according to the results of a poll conducted at the 5th Global Securities Financing Conference Asia...

ConvergEx to use Liquid platform
23 May 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Liquid Holdings Group has signed a joint marketing agreement with ConvergEx Prime Services LLC, the prime services division of ConvergEx Group LLC...

Regulatory uncertainty threatens systems
22 May 2014 Paris
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The unclear regulatory landscape is the biggest challenge cited by banks in implementing their counterparty risk and credit valuation adjustment (CVA) platforms, according to a whitepaper by InteDelta and Murex...

APAC-wide study shows automation processes vary
22 May 2014 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Tammy Facey

A new study has revealed the disparities in post-trade processes across the Asia Pacific region...

Doran Jones continues to build testing practice
22 May 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Geordie Keitt has joined consultancy Doran Jones’s growing testing practice in New York...

FSOC: more triparty protection needed
21 May 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Additional steps may need to be taken to further increase triparty repo borrowers’ protection against funding runs in the broader context of liquidity regulation, according to the US Treasury’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)...

SIX elects trio to board of directors
21 May 2014 Switzerland
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Dr Patrik Gisel, Lorenz von Habsburg Lothringen and Søren Mose have been elected to the board of directors of the Six Group...

Faster settlement for international securities
20 May 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A number of operators of European securities markets have announced that they will implement the migration to T+1 from T+2 for repo transactions and to T+2 from T+3 for cash transactions...

National Association of Pension Funds hires duo
20 May 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has hired Jackie Wells as head of policy and research and Alison Binks as head of business development...

Penson executives 'misled' regulators, says SEC
20 May 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Four former officials of the now-bankrupt clearing firm Penson Financial Services intentionally and systematically violated a naked short selling rule with their securities lending dealings, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC

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...