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J.P. Morgan taps Hounslow as new PB head in Asia Pacific
02 December 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Anna Reitman

J.P. Morgan has hired former Credit Suisse executive Neil Hounslow as head of its prime brokerage in Asia Pacific, SLT has confirmed...

OCC securities lending falls 17 per cent
02 December 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

OCC's stock loan programme, including OTC and AQS, saw new loan activity fall 17 per cent compared to November 2010 with 52,838 new loan transactions in November...

NorthPoint renamed as ConvergEx Prime Services
02 December 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ConvergEx Group has changed the name of NorthPoint Trading Partners to ConvergEx Prime Services, effective November 30...

Securities lending on Middle East and Africa agenda
02 December 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

With Nigeria recently implementing securities lending mechanisms in its market, Kenya and UAE are announcing some forward motion as well, note Standard Chartered's personnel in the regions at a recent frontier markets seminar...

Data Explorers in "strategic review"
02 December 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Data Explorers is conducting a strategic review with Deutsche Bank, attracting media speculation towards a potential sale...

OneChicago announces November volumes
02 December 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago saw its EFP activity post best year-to-date month with over 130,000 contracts, representing more than $1.2 billion in notional value and up 30 per cent over October...

J.P. Morgan expands European prime brokerage
01 December 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

J.P. Morgan has announced the expansion of its Prime Custody service to hedge fund clients of its European Prime Brokerage business through a fully integrated platform...

MBKET announces big plans
01 December 2011 Bangkok
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Maybank Kim Eng Securities (MBKET) has announced expansion plans that it says will mean the company becomes the region's leading broker...

4sight partners with Trace for CREST system interfacing
30 November 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

4sight Financial Software has partnered with Trace Financial to develop a full service interface with Euroclear UK & Ireland’s CREST system in the 4sight Securities Finance system.....

SecFinex to close doors
29 November 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Securities lending MTF, SecFinex, will no longer be operational SLT has confirmed...

European short selling bans and CCPs on BoE committee's agenda
28 November 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Members of the Bank of England's Securities Lending and Repo Committee (SLRC) noted that European short selling bans were disruptive for the equity securities lending markets and considered inviting CCP providers to future meetings...

Algorithmics signs on US hedge fund for UCITS reporting
28 November 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Algorithmics has announced its US hedge fund reporting service has been selected by Optima Fund Management for UCITS reporting...