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NICE to detect securities fraud
01 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

NICE Actimize is to provide a hedge fund trading compliance solution designed to monitor the activities of hedge funds across all cash market and derivative asset classes (exchange-traded and OTC)...

4sight looks to better collateral optimisation
01 May 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

4sight Financial Software is seeking to further its collateral management service with the launching of a collateral optimisation module for its Xpose system...

Deutsche Börse buys Eurex Zurich for €295 million
01 May 2012 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Deutsche Börse Group has fully acquired Eurex Zürich AG. Representatives of SIX Swiss Exchange/SIX Group AG and Deutsche Börse AG jointly finalized the transaction in Zurich...

CME Group clears first NDF trade
30 April 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CME Group cleared its first customer FX OTC Non Deliverable Forward (NDF) trade, expanding the company's OTC solution across multiple asset classes...

Morneau Shepell selects CIBC Mellon for securities lending
30 April 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CIBC Mellon will provide asset servicing solutions for the Nortel Networks Canadian defined benefit pension plans, including securities lending, custody services, pension accounting, pension benefits payment and reporting...

JPMorgan Chase hires Michael Fitzgerald for prime brokerage
27 April 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

JPMorgan Chase has hired former Morgan Stanley employee executive Michael Fitzgerald as managing director and senior member of its North American Prime Brokerage team...

Wells Fargo to acquire Merlin Securities
27 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo, has reached an agreement to acquire Merlin Securities, a San Francisco and New York-based prime brokerage services and technology provider...

Mizuho Trust & Banking fuse European custody and SBL operations
27 April 2012 Japan
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Mizuho Trust & Banking and Mizuho Securities will consolidate their European custody operations and securities lending operations currently provided by Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A. (MHTBL) and Mizuho International (MHI)...

CIBC Mellon scores new securities lending mandate win
26 April 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

CIBC Mellon selected to provide asset servicing for Concordia University’s Pension Plan and Foundation. Services include custody, accounting, benefit payment services, securities lending, performance and risk analytics....

BME Market Data to offer new products
26 April 2012 Madrid
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Data such as securities lending, margin buying, floating capital, replicating portfolios, historical price and volume series to be included.....

Data Explorers review your bet
25 April 2012 London
Reporter: Data Explorers

A report by Data Explorers looking at the global casino operators attempts to diversify beyond the mature U.S. market: Casinos deliver on one-way bet for investors...

Eurex partners with Pirum for sec lending CCP service
23 April 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Eurex Clearing, and Pirum Systems have entered into a Connectivity Agreement to facilitate access to Eurex Clearing’s upcoming CCP service for securities lending...