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Weeden Investors buys prime broker Saxis Group
24 April 2013 Greenwich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Weeden Investors has acquired Saxis Group, a full-service prime brokerage business. Under the terms of the agreement, Saxis Group becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the institutional broker and will continue to be led by its founder and CEO...

BOOST ETP adds Dickson to sales team
24 April 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BOOST ETP has made a senior appointment to its sales team. Robert Dickson will focus on hedge fund and long only institutional clients...

Finding just-right collateral is key, say Asian conference delegates
24 April 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Sourcing the most appropriate collateral to cover global exposures is still a major priority for most financial institutions in Asia...

BNP Paribas uses SWIFT to strengthen collateral walls
23 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services is now working with SWIFT to ramp up its collateral protection solutions for corporate, buy-side and sell-side clients...

Rule Financial hooks new principal consultant
22 April 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Rule Financial has recruited Neil Hookway as a principal consultant in its domain group, based in London...

Nomura to match Japanese equity with Omgeo’s help
22 April 2013 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Nomura Asset Management is now using Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM) for the central matching of its Japanese domestic equity trades...

Clearstream and Standard Chartered connect for collateral
22 April 2013 Luxembourg and SIngapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream and Standard Chartered Bank have agreed to collaborate on the development of a customised collateral management solution for their mutual clients...

State Street securities finance up 5.4 percent
22 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

State Street’s Q1 2013 results saw slightly dipped revenue of $2.44 billion: down just one percent from Q4 2012, and up one percent from Q1 2012...

Good news for most of Newedge’s hedge fund indices
19 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eight of Newedge’s 11 hedge fund indices showed positive performance during the month of March...

FinTution and ISLA extend course discount
19 April 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

FinTution and the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) have agreed a change in the discount structure for their Introduction to Securities Lending course for staff of beneficial owners and regulatory bodies...

BNY Mellon's combined AUM/AUC is on the up
19 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BNY Mellon’s assets under custody and/or administration amounted to $26.3 trillion at 31 March, an increase of 2 percent over the previous year, but it was unchanged sequentially...

Carrot is just out of reach for pension plans
18 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Aon likened the current state of pension plans as: “a donkey pursuing a carrot dangling from a stick hooked in front of the donkey”...