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Help for broker-dealers from SGSS
30 September 2014 Boston
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) is to launch a Global Broker-Dealer Services (BDS) outsourcing solution aimed at institutional brokers, mid-tier banks and broker-dealers...

DTCC and Euroclear in joint venture
30 September 2014 Boston
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear are to enter into a joint venture focusing on collateral processing...

BNP Paribas boosts liquidity options
29 September 2014 Paris
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

BNP Paribas Securities Services is overhauling its liquidity management offering with the launch of the Liquidity Access solution...

Earnings calls see shorters pick their favourites
29 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

S&W Seed, Neopost and UNY Group are among the most shorted companies ahead of announcing their earnings in the final week of the second quarter results season...

End of hedge funds for CalPERS
26 September 2014 Sacremento, California
Reporter: Stephen Durham

CalPERS is set to eliminate its hedge fund programme, known internally as the Absolute Return Strategies (ARS) programme, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce complexity and costs in its investment scheme...

Collateral management solution for LCH.Clearnet
26 September 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

LCH.Clearnet has successfully implemented the Calypso collateral management solution to its collateral and liquidity management offering...

Hedge funds overcome summer slump
25 September 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Total assets in hedge funds increased 1.6 percent in August to $3.07 trillion, overtaking the all-time peak level set prior to July’s slight decline, according to eVestment’s latest report...

Lombard Risk promotes Groetch
25 September 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Lombard Risk Management has promoted John Groetch to managing director for the Americas, effective immediately...

New Dubai office for eVestment
25 September 2014 Dubai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Analytics provider eVestment is to open a new Dubai office to meet growing investor interest in traditional, alternative managers in the Middle East and Africa region...

Clearstream provides triparty service
24 September 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Triparty agent Clearstream is to provide Eurosystem triparty collateral pledge services to participants...

SL-x confirms restructuring
24 September 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SL-x Technology has confirmed that it is reviewing its corporate strategy and restructuring its operations, citing “the slow transition' of the US and European stock lending marketplace from its current OTC structure to a CCP structure...

SunGard's hottest stocks
24 September 2014 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 22 September 2014 have been compiled by SunGard’s Astec Analytics...