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One in three financial institutions will accept cheap collateral
22 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Over a third of financial institutions believe that it is acceptable for collateral to be low quality, complex and opaque, so long as it is cheap...

Bursa Malaysia to revitalise SBL and short selling
19 July 2013 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Kuala Lumpur’s stock exchange Bursa Malaysia will reportedly release new guidelines next week for both SBL and short selling...

Horizon Cash Management hires fixed income specialist
19 July 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Horizon Cash Management, an investment advisor specialising in active cash management solutions for the alternative investment industry, has hired Matthew Boice as vice president and credit analyst...

European Parliament proposes alterations to the FTT
18 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Parliament vote in favour of the financial transaction tax approved the commission’s proposal—subject to certain proposed amendments...

TradeStation adjusts pricing options
18 July 2013 Florida
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TradeStation, a Monex Group company that acts as a broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, has announced new pricing policies designed to give equities and options traders flexibility and better value...

J.P. Morgan's collateral division mandates London Stock Exchange
17 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan’s collateral management business has selected London Stock Exchange Group to provide settlement, custody and asset servicing services through a new central securities depository that LSEG is establishing in Luxembourg...

Insurers hoped to boost India’s SLB market
17 July 2013 Mumbai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

India’s insurance regulator is allowing insurers to lend a maximum of 10 percent of their securities, in rules that are hoped to revive the country's market...

SunGard puts confidence in Poland with new mandate
17 July 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Dom Inwestycyjny Investors S.A. (DI Investors), an independent Polish brokerage house, has selected SunGard’s Valdi to provide a front-to-back trading and direct market access connectivity solution to the Warsaw Stock Exchange...

Traiana gains support of Barclays
17 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Traiana, a provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions, announced that its pre-trade clearing certainty initiative continues to gain momentum and has received the support of futures commissions merchants...

ASIFMA appoints fixed income expert
16 July 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Vijay Chander has joined the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) in Hong Kong as an executive director in fixed income...

Euroclear and Clearstream agree on partnership for repo
16 July 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The future of the repo market has inspired three post-trade infrastructure providers to work together in order to increase efficiencies...

BNP Paribas ties up Henderson fund migration
15 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the final stage of the migration of a large number of Henderson funds on to its platform...