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SmartStream wins TLM Reconciliations SEC contract
23 September 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

SmartStream has been awarded a contract by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to furnish SmartStream’s TLM Reconciliations Premium solution to the SEC’s office of compliance inspection and examinations (OCIE)...

Europe overcomes bad results
23 September 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephen Durham

European H1 earnings in the securities lending market has yielded more opportunities for fast money shorting on disappointing results, according to research from Deutsche Bank...

4sight recruits Raymond Blokland
23 September 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

4sight Financial Software has hired Raymond Blokland as a senior consultant...

CaIPERS recruits chief investment officer
22 September 2014 Sacramento
Reporter: Tammy Facey

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CaIPERS) has promoted Ted Eliopoulous as its chief investment officer...

Changes for OCC with Cahill retirement
22 September 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Michael Cahill, CEO of OCC, will be retiring from the company at the year-end...

Stellar line-up for Annual Market Structure Conference
19 September 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

The Security Trader’s Association’s 81^st Annual Market Structure Conference will see top regulators and financial leaders take on critical issues facing the securities industry.

Burns to leave SEC
19 September 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephen Durham

James Burns, deputy director of trading and markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will leave the agency in October...

Tough month for education REITs
19 September 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

US education exposed REITs have underperformed the rest of the REIT market over the last four weeks, according to research from Markit...

IMN: Indemnification to ‘change’
18 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The increasing cost of indemnification will see agent lenders offering a two-tier pricing structure in the future...

IMN: No business effect, says European Commission
18 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A directive aimed at improving transparency in securities finance will not adversely affect the business in any way...

IMN: FTT won’t let beneficial owners be
18 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU 11 will come to a conclusion over the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) before the end of the year, according to John Billige of State Street...

Brazil's August transactions down
18 September 2014 Sao Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa processed 110,266 securities lending transactions in August...