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€3.2 million fine for Alico over securities lending
02 April 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Georgina lavers

The Central Bank of Ireland has fined Alico Life International €3.2 million over its securities lending programme...

Markit buys Data Explorers
02 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Data Explorers has been bought by financial information services company Markit from mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital...

J.P. Morgan WSS takes on new Australian and New Zealand funds
02 April 2012 Australia and New Zealand
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

As concerns around counterparty and credit risk continue to swirl, some Australian and New Zealand financial institutions have decided to upgrade their collateral management services to stay on top...

New appointment at HSBC Securities Services
02 April 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

HSBC Securities Services has appointed Geoff Pullen as head of sales and business development for UK Alternatives...

Lombard Risk signs three more to Colline
30 March 2012 London and Austria
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lombard Risk Management has signed three contracts this month with new clients for its Colline collateral management software, and extended one existing contract...

State Street to provide securities lending for WSIB
30 March 2012 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

State Street Corporation will provide a range of investment services to Washington State Investment Board (WSIB), including custody, daily investment and compliance reporting, securities lending, securities valuation and settlement...

Two new hires for BNP Paribas
29 March 2012 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Claire Gliddon and Valentina Crovato have joined the securities lending team at BNP Paribas...

Collateral management service taken up by four major banks
29 March 2012 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

AcadiaSoft announced that four additional investment banks - BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley - are in production on MarginSphere, AcadiaSoft’s online community for margin automation in the OTC derivatives market...

Euroclear Bank and NSD head into Russia
29 March 2012 Brussels and Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Euroclear Bank and National Settlement Depository (NSD) have announced plans to provide cross-border services for all classes of Russian domestic securities...

ETF investors talk shop
28 March 2012 Europe
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The counterparty risk of physical ETFs has been underestimated, and regulated and unregulated ETFs need to be differentiated more clearly, were just two of the findings from the European ETF survey...

Wells Fargo squares up to securities lending lawsuit
28 March 2012 Minnesota
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Institutional investors have filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, claiming that the bank miss-sold the safeness of its securities lending program...

Repo-to-maturity revamped by FASB, SEC
28 March 2012 Washington
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

An overhaul of the accounting rules that led to the collapse of MF Global could take place this year, said officials at FASB and SEC...