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OCC's securities lending activity up 31 percent
02 November 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) securities lending CCP activities saw a 31 percent increase in new loans from October 2011 with 77,292 transactions in October...

OneChicago volume is on the up
02 November 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Jones

OneChicago has announced its trading volume for October 2012, revealing that volume of 424,573 was up 149 percent over October 2011...

Short selling regulation comes into effect
01 November 2012 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The EU regulation on short selling and aspects of credit default swaps applies as of today, 1 November 2012...

FINRA approves Cowen’s KDC acquisition
01 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

A source has confirmed that the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has approved Cowen Group's purchase of KDC Securities from Kellner Capital...

Collateral quality equal to cost
01 November 2012 Osaka
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Almost all of the respondents to a Six Securities Services survey believe that the quality and cost of collateral should be given equal consideration...

4sight releases collateral optimisation white paper
31 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Software solutions provider 4sight Financial Software has published a new white paper on collateral optimisation...

OneChicago marks OCX.NoDivRisk's birthday
30 October 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago has celebrated the second-year anniversary of its exchange-traded equity finance product, OCX.NoDivRisk...

Swiss Life Asset Management selects SGSS
29 October 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Swiss Life Asset Management has chosen Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) to provide securities services for 60 investment funds totaling €5.5 billion of AUM...

J.P. Morgan offers daily portfolio reconciliation
29 October 2012 Osaka
Reporter: Jenna Jones

J.P. Morgan’s Agency Clearing, Collateral Management and Execution (ACCE) business has introduced daily portfolio reconciliation for its derivatives collateral management clients...

Callan hires Kinoshita
26 October 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Callan has recruited Mark Kinoshita as vice president to accommodate the demand for its trust, custody and securities lending services...

Aetna opts for OpenLend
25 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Healthcare benefit company Aetna has selected Citi’s OpenLend platform to provide it with securities lending services...

Gottex Brokers opens US office
25 October 2012 Los Angeles
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Gottex Brokers, an interdealer broker in interest rate derivative products, has opened its first office in the US...