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Traiana expands connectivity for NDF clearing
20 June 2013 New York and London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Traiana plans to launch direct connectivity between its Harmony CCP Connect and LCH.Clearnet's foreign exchange clearing service, ForexClear, for non-deliverable forwards clearing...

Short selling in Japan on the up
20 June 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short selling in Japanese equities showed signs of increasing in the last week of May, according to Karl Loomes, market analyst at SunGard Astec Analytics...

ISLA conference: time for sec lending and repo to buddy up
19 June 2013 Prague
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending and repo desks should move closer together to provide a better overview of collateral, according to one panellist at ISLA’s annual conference in Prague...

ISLA conference: ESMA on securities lending
19 June 2013 Prague
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

‘Shadow banking’ was one of the worst terms that could have been coined to describe activities such as securities lending, according to Steven Maijoor of the European Securities and Markets Authority...

HSBC expands broker-dealer outsourcing solution
19 June 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

HSBC Securities Services has expanded its broker-dealer outsourcing solution to cover Europe, Asia, the US, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa...

BNY Mellon appoints two new for collateral services
18 June 2013 New York and London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has made two new senior appointments to push growth of its global collateral services (GCS) business...

Collateral is on the front line for J.P. Morgan
18 June 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan has ramped up its collateral management business—including increased asset tracking—to help clients navigate new industry regulations...

Omgeo recruits Jeannie Shanahan
17 June 2013 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Omgeo has hired Jeannie Shanahan as its new managing director of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)...

Nigeria takes control of margin lending
14 June 2013 Abuja
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission and the country's central bank have introduced a set of rules to regulate margin lending...

EACH wants CCP exemption from bail-ins
14 June 2013 Brussels and New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) is urging regulators to exempt CCPs from the bail-in provisions of the banking recovery and resolution framework proposal...

J.P. Morgan’s Jay Davis takes to Concept
13 June 2013 Garden City, New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Concept Capital Markets has recruited Jay Davis from J.P. Morgan as senior vice president for client service in its prime brokerage services group. The firm has also opened a new office in San Francisco...

SEC fines CBOE for short selling failures
13 June 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Chicago Board Options Exchange will pay a $6 million penalty and implement major remedial measures for “[failing] to enforce or even fully comprehend rules to prevent abusive short selling”...