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ICAP acquires ENSO Financial Analytics
14 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICAP has finalised its acquisition of ENSO Financial Analytics, a data analytics platform for hedge funds and prime brokers...

Pirum and Euroclear link up at triparty
13 April 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Euroclear has enhanced its triparty securities lending service with the addition of a connection to Pirum’s collateral management tool...

SEC’s asset management enforcer to depart
12 April 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities and Exchange Commission asset management enforcement co-chief Marshall Sprung will leave his role in April...

Markit’s most shorted ahead of earnings
11 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US oil and gas company Sm Energy, French food retailer Casino Guichard and Japanese real estate firm Properst were the most shorted stocks ahead of this week’s earnings announcements...

ECB enhances liquidity by cutting sec lending fees
05 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank has slashed its securities lending minimum fee by a quarter in an effort to boost bond and repo market liquidity...

DTCC and Digital Asset to develop repo blockchain
29 March 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The DTCC and Digital Asset Holdings, an encrypted straight-through processing solution provider, are planning to develop a distributed ledger-based solution to manage repo clearing and settlement...

Hedge funds hungry for more risk
22 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge funds are slightly revising up their risk appetite after reassurance from the US Federal Reserve on the building consumer price index, according to Lyxor’s Weekly Brief...

Deutsche Börse and LSEG reach merger agreement
16 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse have reached an agreement on the terms of an all-share merger of equals, which will not be dependent on the outcome of the UK’s European Union referendum...

FIS hot stocks: 07 March
11 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The mining industry can see light at the end of the tunnel, but automotion continues to stall and manufacturing remains jammed, according to FIS Astec Analytics...

Graulich takes on new role with Deutsche Börse
26 February 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Matthias Graulich has moved up the ranks of Deutsche Börse to become head of cross-markets strategy...

Brexit could threaten LSE–Deutsche Börse merger
26 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The potential merger of the London Stock Exchange and German exchange operator Deutsche Börse “would be put at risk” if the UK decides to leave the EU...

DC Circuit refuses to delay OCC's approval
25 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The DC Circuit has denied a motion to delay approval of OCC's capital plan, paving the way for the payment of refunds and dividends to shareholder stock exchanges and clearing members totalling $291.5 million...