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EU legal council berates FTT as overreaching
13 September 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Financial Transaction Tax as proposed will be levied not only on risky activities, but also on activities with genuine economic substance, said a document from the EU Council Legal Service...

Swiss FATCA cooperation on its way
13 September 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Swiss banks will cooperate with the US Internal Revenue Service under FATCA legislation...

ISLA offer triparty collateral help
12 September 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) have published a guide to using triparty collateral services under the ESMA guidelines for ETFs and other UCITS issues...

SGX and Clearstream offer collateral solution
12 September 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Clearstream are to jointly offer a collateral management solution which aims to enable customers to easily use assets held at SGX’s securities depository, CDP...

Bailout watchdog joins Jenner & Block
12 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Neil Barofsky, the former federal prosecutor who served as the chief watchdog of the $700 billion federal bailout in 2008, has joined Jenner & Block LLP’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s litigation department...

GPP snaps up Bridges from BNP Paribas
11 September 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Prime brokerage boutique, Global Prime Partners (GPP), has expanded its European sales team with the appointment of Colin Bridges...

First Middle Eastern CCP on the Collateral Highway
11 September 2013 Dubai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) has become the first central counterparty in the Middle East to join Euroclear’s global Collateral Highway...

Lombard Risk refresh collateral solution
10 September 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lombard Risk Management has released a new version of COLLINE that promises enhanced and new functionality for collateral management, clearing and regulatory demands...

Consultants outperforming fund of hedge funds
10 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Investment consultants oversee approximately $830 billion of the assets invested in hedge funds, a new study has revealed...

BCS Prime Brokerage twiddles knobs on risk system
09 September 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BCS Prime Brokerage has appointed Succession Systems to launch a pre-trade market access risk system, TripleCheck...

Eurex preens for the Dutch buy side
09 September 2013 Amsterdam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Clearing has added another member to its interest rate swaps service, bringing the number of members up to 16...

BondLend see record trading for the summer
06 September 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BondLend, the fixed income securities finance trading platform, experienced record trading by volume and value across June, July and August 2013...