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Illinois state agency considers third party options
13 February 2012 Springfield
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) has announced it is seeking proposals from outside vendors in a bid to boost its securities lending returns...

Penson appoints new independent director
13 February 2012 Dallas
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Penson's board of directors has announced the appointment of Robert Basso as independent director...

Hedge fund flows positive in February
13 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Hedge fund flows advanced 2.3 per cent in February, according to the GlobeOp index...

HazelTree appoints new CTO
09 February 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

HazelTree has appointed Sandeep Rawal as the firm's chief technology officer (CTO)..

Securities lending pops up at AFME liquidity conference
09 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Securities lending operations and repo markets need to "come back" to successfully deleverage the system as a whole, said a leading economist at AFME's European Market Liquidity Conference in London...

Quadriserv appoints joint CEOs
08 February 2012 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Pasquale Cestaro and Bruce Turner have been named co-chief executive officers of Quadriserv and and members of the firm's board of directors...

Clearstream GSF services up 8% in January
07 February 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Global Securities Financing (GSF) Services at Clearstream lifted eight per cent year-on-year, reaching €594 billion monthly average outstanding in the first month this year...

Which short selling ban is least damaging?
07 February 2012 Brussels
Reporter: Anna Reitman

A new academic study argues that a ban on naked short selling is the least damaging to market efficiency of all short selling regulations...

Chiuch moves up as Coxon leaves securities lending role
07 February 2012 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Robert Chiuch has been appointed global head of equity finance at BNY Mellon, while Rob Coxon has moved on within the bank and is no longer involved in securities lending...

ESMA securities lending draft "lacks specifics"
06 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

New requirements for securities lending practices introduced by European financial markets watchdog, ESMA, come up short on details, according to Morningstar...

Mixed bag for securities lending in M&A trends
06 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Global economic uncertainty and regulatory change will continue to impact M&A in the coming year, according to the latest trends insights by Clifford Chance...

Northern Trust says LA lawsuit has "no merit"
03 February 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Northern Trust has denied wrong-doing in response to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles city attorney against the firm and Pension Consulting Alliance over securities lending cash collateral reinvestment losses...