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BNY Mellon boosts collateral workforce in Germany
20 August 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BNY Mellon has appointed Gesa Benda as global collateral services product segment manager for clearing houses...

Pershing picks SunGard for Canada
20 August 2013 New Jersey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company that provides prime brokerage and broker-dealer solutions, has selected SunGard to provide market connectivity to its newest international broker-dealer in Canada...

State Bank of India recommends shorting ban
20 August 2013 Sooranam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The State Bank of India’s chairman, Pratip Chaudhuri, said that the bank has recommended to the finance minister in India that short selling should be banned...

Chris Hagstrom takes on new prime role at UBS AG
19 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Chris Hagstrom has taken on a newly-created role at Swiss bank UBS AG...

BCS Prime Brokerage forges London-Russia connection
19 August 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BCS Prime Brokerage has launched what it calls the fastest ultra low latency data line yet, between London and the Moscow Exchange...

Japan fears collateral optimisation will impact on profits
16 August 2013 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A survey at recent Calypso event in Tokyo highlighted the state of OTC clearing in Japan...

Conifer Group hires several for New York
16 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Conifer Group, a provider of fund administration, middle office, trading and prime brokerage services to the hedge fund industry, announced several new hires in the firm's New York office...

EquiLend and BNY Mellon chain up their RQV
15 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Anticipating demand for timely settlement of collateral, EquiLend has created a new triparty connectivity service helps to expedite the agreement and communication of required value (RQV) figures...

Pension funds bite nails over Dodd Frank margin demands
15 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Northern Trust has released a paper on capital requirements for pension funds in the wake of the US Dodd Frank Act that encourages collateral management as a solution to demanding margin requirements...

Lombard Risk Management changes board
15 August 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lombard Risk Management has shaken up its board with two new directorships...

New prime brokerage mandate for BofA Merrill Lynch
14 August 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has secured a new mandate as the main prime broker for CFH Clearing....

Citi recruits again for prime brokerage
14 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

David Tenney has been hired to Citi’s prime brokerage business as a managing director and regional head of sales for the Americas...