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Growth recorded for European repo market
04 September 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

The baseline figure for the European repo market has been set at €5,782 billion, according to the 27th semi annual survey by the European Repo Council (ERC) of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...

Short sellers do well in Europe
04 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short sellers did well in Europe during August despite a surge in shares, according to Markit Securities Finance analyst Simon Colvin...

OneChicago volume hits 32 percent Y-o-Y
03 September 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago’s August 2014 volume reached 826,453, representing a 32 percent increase year-over-year...

CSD milestone for BNY Mellon
03 September 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

CME Clearing Europe is to be the first external client of BNY Mellon CSD SA/NV, the company’s Belgium-based central securities depositary (CSD), with the first securities transaction settled in late August...

Increase in average daily cleared contract for OCC
03 September 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

OCC’s securities lending central counterparty activity was down 16 percent in new loans for August 2014 compared to August 2013, with only 93,950 transactions last month...

Collateral a bigger priority for risk managers
02 September 2014 Wayne
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

There is an attitudinal shift among risk managers, according to a global survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRIMA) and SunGard...

New CFO at Lombard Risk
02 September 2014 London
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Lombard Risk Management has appointed Nigel Gurney as CFO and member of its board...

Charles Schwab bags BlackRock's Bruce McDougal
02 September 2014 San Francisco
Reporter: Tammy Facey

US investment services firm Charles Schwab has hired Bruce McDougal as vice president in its compliance team...

Eurex GC Pooling hits €161 billion
02 September 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Eurex Repo reported in August 2014 for its secured money market GC Pooling an average outstanding volume of €161 billion...

Gilt general collateral repo trading gets upgrade
01 September 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

LCH.Clearnet is launching a new product to enhance the central clearing of gilt general collateral repo trades...

New European repo index hits the market
29 August 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ICAP Information Services and MTS are expanding the RepoFunds Rate indices to include RepoFunds Rate (RFR) Euro...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch expands in Hong Kong
29 August 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Tammy Facey

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Jason Kendall as director and stock loan trader in its Hong Kong office...