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Bank of America’s EMEA prime brokerage head to leave the firm
10 January 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

A source has confirmed that Charlotte Burkeman, EMEA head of prime brokerage at the Bank of America Merill Lynch, is leaving the firm due to personal reasons...

Three’s the magic number for Citi, Euroclear and Clearstream
10 January 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi is launching a triparty collateral management solution in conjunction with triparty agents Euroclear Bank and Clearstream that will allow mutual clients to consolidate their equity and fixed income holdings into a single collateral pool...

Pension Fund Association hires to address risk and return
10 January 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has appointed Helen Roberts to lead its work on investment issues...

Grace Financial appoints Gerard Lennon as president
10 January 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Brokerage firm Grace Financial has hired Gerard Lennon for the newly formed position of president...

Clearstream and 360T launch triparty repo solution
09 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream and 360T Trading Networks have released a new triparty repo solution through 360T’s front office facilities and Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub. The service is expected to go live in Q1 2013...

RBC names co-heads of investor services
09 January 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

RBC Investor and Treasury Services has appointed Tony Johnson and Joanna Meager as co-heads of RBC Investor Services...

Singapore Exchange to race against the clock
09 January 2013 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has promised to report daily short sales volumes for every counter to be a leader in transparency by March...

ASIC protects Australian money market funds
09 January 2013 Sydney
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The ASIC has said that idosyncracies in Australian money market funds mean that IOSCO concerns over their regulation does not apply to Australia...

SunGard rounds up 10 hottest stocks
08 January 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SunGard's Astec Analytics, which provides intraday short selling market colour, has rounded up 10 of the hottest stocks from a securities lending perspective...

Basel treads water until 2019
07 January 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

After a Switzerland summit that saw bankers heatedly lobbying for more relaxed reforms, banks now have until 2019 to achieve a liquidity coverage ratio...

eSecLending scrubs up nicely for Dow Chemical
07 January 2013 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Dow Chemical Company has chosen eSecLending to act as securities lending agent for its US pension plan assets...

ESMA peers at interoperability in CCPs
04 January 2012 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ESMA has published a consultation paper on guidelines regarding the assessment of interoperability arrangements for central counterparty clearing...