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Japan's looking bright, finds Markit Securities Finance
28 February 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Japanese securities lending is looking bright, according to Markit Securities Finance analyst Simon Colvin. Generally flat loan balances have not stopped Japan from seeing a steady rise in specials and their associated fees over the last two years...

Euroclear enjoys Collateral Highway ride
28 February 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Euroclear’s Collateral Highway mobilised an average of €787 billion of collateralised transactions daily in 2013, a 12 percent increase over 2012...

JSCC picks Calypso for collateral management
27 February 2014 Tokyo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation has gone live with the Calypso Technology system for client clearing of JPY interest rate swaps and collateral management...

Florida SBA gives $30 billion mandate to eSecLending
27 February 2014 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Florida State Board of Administration has chosen eSecLending to provide it with securities lending and collateral management services...

Lago Kapital recruits for Russia drive
26 February 2014 Helsinki
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Finnish securities borrowing and lending broker Lago Kapital has recruited Olga Nyström to lead equity finance sales for Eastern Europe...

RMB to love it if Clearstream’s plan comes together
26 February 2014 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Clearstream has set out its market approach to developing and delivering solutions to help support the internationalisation of the renminbi (RMB)...

Twitter bounces back, finds DataLend
26 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Twitter fees to borrow have been trending considerably higher in recent weeks, according to DataLend’s top 10 earning equities list for 20 February...

Hedge fund managers cite cost and quality for moves
25 February 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hedge fund managers are changing their service providers, particularly prime brokers and administrators, because of low-quality service and cost, a survey has found...

Omgeo CTM sees user increase
25 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The user base of Omgeo Central Trade Manager grew by 33 percent in 2013, with the addition of more than 150 broker-dealers and 280 investment managers...

Newedge teams up with AgFe
24 February 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Newedge has joined forces with AgFe, a London-based fixed income investment advisor and asset manager, to further enhance its agency cash management (ACM) platform geared toward the institutional repo market...

SEC hits Credit Suisse for almost $200 million
24 February 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $196 million after admitting that it broke US securities laws when it provided cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services without registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Cantor Fitzgerald hires for metals and mines
21 February 2014 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Cantor Fitzgerald Canada has expanded its investment banking team with the appointment of Graham Moylan as a managing director with focus on the metals and mining sector...