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Hedge fund launches fall to three-year low
17 December 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

New hedge fund launches declined to the lowest level in nearly three years in Q3 2013, while the number of hedge fund liquidations rose to the highest level since Q4 2012, according to the HFR Market Microstructure Industry Report...

NSD and BNY Mellon collaborate on depository receipts
17 December 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Russian-based investors and brokers will be able to issue and cancel depository receipts in Russian companies thanks to an agreement between the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and BNY Mellon...

SIFMA appoints Kenneth Bentsen as president and CEO
16 December 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has confirmed the appointment of Kenneth Bentsen as president and CEO...

Agencies issue final rules implementing Volcker Rule
13 December 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Five federal agencies have issued final rules developed jointly to implement Section 619 of the US Dodd-Frank Act, also known as the Volcker Rule...

Daiwa Europe migrates repo to Inferno
13 December 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The investment banking arm of Japan’s Daiwa Securities Group has successfully transferred its multi-billion dollar repo business onto Torstone Technology’s back-office processing platform, Inferno...

Richard Wallace joins OCC
12 December 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Richard Wallace has joined the Options Clearing Corporation as senior vice president and chief compliance officer...

SEC approves new FINRA lending rules
12 December 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

New rules in the US on securities loans and borrowings, permissible uses of customers’ securities, and callable securities have received Securities and Exchange Commission approval...

AXA IM extends partnership with State Street
12 December 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

AXA Investment Managers has extended its investment operations outsourcing mandate with State Street for an additional five years...

FTT is alive and deadly, warns UK parliament group
12 December 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The European Commission’s approach to the enhanced cooperation behind the Financial Transaction Tax has been “unjustified and misconceived”, according to a UK House of Lords committee...

Clearstream GSF rises 10 percent year-on-year
11 December 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Clearstream has published its monthly figures for November 2013. The data shows that, for the firm's global securities financing services, the monthly average outstanding reached €602.6 billion...

Shorters have success with gold and pharma—but not much else
11 December 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit Securities Finance has revealed its top US shorts, which shows that the 20 best performing shorts fell by over 41 percent after seeing short interest reach a new annual high...

Citi survey finds '2/20' fading
10 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The business of hedge funds is caught between rising costs and falling management fees, holding little profit for managers that do not perform, according to a survey...