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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...

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...