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OCC's lending CCP sees rise in loans
04 September 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) celebrated a slight rise in the number of contracts cleared, with total volume in August reaching 326,697,656 contracts...

Citi nabs Bilello from Deutsche Asset Management
04 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

John Bilello has joined Citi’s securities lending global product development team as a director...

OneChicago take advantage of deep pools
04 September 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Equity finance exchange OneChicago announced that August equity futures volume was up 45 percent year-on-year...

Deflated August volume at Eurex
04 September 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In August 2013, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 6.6 million contracts, a drop from the 7.2 million seen year-on-year...

Nokia wrings out short sellers
03 September 2013 Helsinki
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Nokia has struck a $7.2 billion deal with Microsoft to strengthen its position in the smartphone market, in a move that has inspired panic among short sellers...

Oger is new head of equity lending for BNP Paribas
03 September 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Christian Oger is the new head of equity lending for BNP Paribas Securities Services...

Eurex Clearing adds member to swaps service
02 September 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Clearing has welcomed Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt/Main (DZ BANK) as a new member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps...

Felix Oegerli promoted at Zürcher Kantonalbank
02 September 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Felix Oegerli has been named as the future trading, sales and capital markets head of Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)...

The Fed addresses reverse repo
30 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The US Federal Reserve has suggested establishing a fixed-rate, full-allotment overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility as an additional tool for managing money market interest rates...

Stephen Kiely leaves Citigroup
29 August 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Stephen Kiely has resigned from his current role as director of client and sales management at Citigroup...

BlackRock is victorious in lending lawsuit
29 August 2013 Tennessee
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against BlackRock that accused the asset management firm of setting up an excessive fee structure “designed to loot securities lending returns properly due to iShares investors"...

ConvergEx Group promotes Ardell
29 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In a recent spate of hires, ConvergEx Group announced that it has named Gary Ardell chief information officer. With this appointment, Ardell joins the company’s executive committee...