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EquiLend optimizes collateral reconciliation service
11 April 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

EquiLend has updated their collateral reconciliation service ‘Contract Comparison’...

Vietnam chops regulation for securities lending
11 April 2012 Hanoi
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A draft containing possible regulation changes could give the Vietnam securities lending market a sizeable boost if it were to be passed...

Ben Bernanke adds to critics of shadow banking
10 April 2012 Stone Mountain
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called for new steps to limit the reach of shadow banking...

Maria Krasnova new president of Russian DCC
10 April 2012 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Maria Krasnova was elected president of Depository Clearing Company (DCC)...

Rise in sec lending and collateral management for Clearstream
10 April 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream has released its March 2012 figures, which saw a 6 per cent rise in its global securities financing services...

Altera appoints Citi to provide prime brokerage services
06 April 2012 Moscow
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Altera Capital appoints Citi to provide prime brokerage and hedge fund administration services.....

Donal Smith to leave Data Explorers
05 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CEO of Data Explorers Donal Smith will leave the company later this year after it was bought out by Markit...

Sinking gas prices increase shorting of engineer Weir’s stock
04 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Short sellers are seeking to capitalise on the tumbling price of US gas by shorting stocks in Weir Group, who produce specialist pumps and valves...

ISLA battles ESMA over UCITS, stating ‘confusing guidance’
04 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ISLA submitted a response to ESMA’s consultation paper relating to UCITS, raising three key points...

BNP Paribas intent on prime brokerage growth
03 April 2012 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas is pushing forward their global prime brokerage business with the appointment of ex-Nomura head Matt Pinnock, as well as James Scully and Ashish Patel...

Securities lending rises 18 per cent at OCC
03 April 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OCC has cleared 379.8 million contracts in March, a 10 per cent decrease from the March 2011 volume of 421.5 million contracts...

BlackRock plead more time over ETFs from ESMA
02 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BlackRock argued that ESMA’s new guidelines overly focus on securities lending, and is asking the regulatory body to delay their 30 March deadline...