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Cantor Fitzgerald recruits Patrick Curry
05 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Patrick Curry has joined Cantor Fitzgerald as a managing director to run the firm’s securities lending desk, sources have confirmed...

OneChicago scores July equity futures increase
02 August 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago saw its equity futures volume rise in July, beating the previous year by 58 percent. Open interest stood at 611,092 contracts on the equity finance exchange at the end of July 2013, up 36 percent year-over-year...

All rise for OCC
02 August 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC’s clear contract volume increased 6 percent in July as securities lending activity rose 53 percent...

Raymond Vuyst to consult for ING
01 August 2013 Amsterdam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Former Synechron managing director Raymond Vuyst is joining ING in Amsterdam as a senior package solution consultant, a source has confirmed...

Scotiabank hires for prime business
01 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Mihir Shah has joined Scotiabank's prime finance business...

Citigroup prime brokerage head retires
01 August 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Hannah Goodwin has retired as head of Citigroup's Asia Pacific prime brokerage business...

Canadian equities lose ground within pension plans
31 July 2013 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Pension assets remained unchanged during the second quarter of 2013, as a spike in interest rates in June negated advances in April and May...

Sir Jon Cuncliffe takes BofE job as Tucker heads to Harvard
30 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Paul Tucker, who left his role at the Bank of England for a career as a fellow of Harvard, has been replaced by Sir Jon Cuncliffe...

SunGard helps Scottrade grow securities finance
30 July 2013 Missouri
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SunGard’s Loanet solution is supporting Scottrade, an online investing firm, with its expanding securities finance automation requirements...

New report argues in favour of naked shorting
29 July 2013 Texas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Accounting fundamentals are highly significant in explaining naked short sales, according to a recent study...

Traiana packs and parcels first inter-dealer trade
29 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The first inter-dealer non-deliverable forward trade has been delivered to LCH.Clearnet’s ForexClear service through the recently established link with Traiana’s Harmony CCP Connect...

Singapore and Japan cross collateral borders
26 July 2013 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Bank of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have established a cross-border collateral arrangement that lets foreign banks in Singapore get their hands on local dollars by using Japanese government bonds as collateral...