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Management changes up at Eurex Repo and Bonds
25 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Group announced management changes at both Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds GmbH...

Mark Patterson exits Macquarie
25 January 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Mark Patterson, who worked on Macquarie's dividend arbitrage and stock loan desk in London, has left the bank...

Zubair Nizami wraps up at Robeco
24 January 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Zubair Nizami, a senior securities lending trader at Robeco is set to depart in February, sources confirm...

Agent lenders asked indemnification questions, says Finadium
24 January 2013 Concord
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Strong institutional participation, stabilised fee splits and concern over indemnification were just three of the trends that Finadium identified in its securities lending survey...

Two Vermuts and Ron Suber leave Wells Fargo to Prosper
23 January 2013 San Francisco
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Stephan Vermut, Aaron Vermut and Ron Suber have all left Wells Fargo to join the peer-to-peer financing platform Prosper...

Chilean brokerage house Banchile builds for the future
22 January 2013 São Paulo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Banchile, Chile’s third largest brokerage house, has selected Fidessa’s Latin American sell-side trading platform to underpin its institutional trading activity...

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority recruits for equities
22 January 2013 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Gregory Eckersley as global head of internal equities, effective immediately...

Eurex Repo to fund GC Pooling and Euro Repo markets
21 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Repo will extend the maximum term of tradable securities for the Eurex Repo markets such as GC Pooling and Euro Repo...

Swedish bonds are safest in the world, says ING
21 January 2013 Sweden
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

For default risks, ING Investment Management has judged the Swedish government bond market to be the safest bond market in the world...

Bas Cohen leaves ABN AMRO
18 January 2013 Amsterdam
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Bas Cohen has left ABN AMRO. A spokesperson said that Cohen, who was previously global head of trading, departed to pursue a career outside the bank...

RMA plays nice with FSB’s “shadow banking” recommendations
18 January 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Committee on Securities Lending of the Risk Management Association has responded to the FSB on its proposals to toughen up regulation of “shadow banking”, praising the board’s efforts to understand the sector...

Clearstream and Belfius expand collateral services
18 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream and Belfius have agreed to develop exclusively a new collateral management activity for bilateral trades, focusing on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and aimed primarily at corporates and medium-sized banks...