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ICMA publish repo bible
05 March 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

ICMA’s European Repo Council (ERC) has launched its updated guide to best practice in the European repo market, which gives practical guidelines for traders and legislators alike...

Asia trade volume hits new highs for EquiLend
05 March 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In February, 40,672 trades were executed on EquiLend’s securities finance trading platforms in Asia. The previous monthly trading record in Asia was 33,554...

OTAS Technologies hires three new
05 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OTAS Technologies has confirmed three new hires, two of whom have come from Markit...

Keith Klain joins Doran Jones from Barclays
04 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Doran Jones has recruited a former Barclays employee, Keith Klain, to act as its as chief operating officer and to run the firm’s testing practice...

Short selling still the target of FINRA's arrow
04 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Short selling generated the third-highest amount of fines for FINRA in 2013, proving that the practice is still very much in the regulator’s eye...

OCC lending CCP dips for February
04 March 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OCC's securities lending CCP activities declined by 2 percent in new loans year-on-year, with 88,536 transactions seen in February 2014...

High EFP activity at OneChicago
03 March 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Stephen Durham

OneChicago has achieved a volume of 735,214 for February 2014...

SL-x salesman leaves for State Street
03 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lynden Howie has left as head of sales and trading at SL-x to join State Street...

Frank La Salla takes the weight off of Pandiri
03 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has appointed Frank La Salla as CEO of its alternative investment services (AIS) business, a role that Samir Pandiri has held for the past two years...

Thomas Anglin NY prime head at UBS
03 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Thomas Anglin has been appointed as head of prime brokerage origination in New York for UBS...

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...