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Top collateral management vendor
12 January 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

For the fifth year running, Algorithmics, has won the collateral management category in a leading publications risk technology rankings. This is in addition to the overall prize for enterprise-wide risk management and 14 other top three positions.

FBR to quit prime brokerage
11 January 2011 Los Angeles
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Just 16 months after its launch, FBR Capital Markets is closing its prime brokerage unit...

Fontana Capital charged
11 January 2011 Boston
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Hedge Fund Fontana Capital and its manager Forrest Fontana have been charged by US regulators over alleged short selling violations...

Securities lending Apps
10 January 2011 Boston
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Brown Brothers Harriman has launched the firm’s securities lending mobile application for the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones.

Swiss Newedge offices granted branch status
07 January 2011 Zurich
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

FINMA, the Swiss regulator, has granted Newedge branch licenses, which turn representative offices into branches in Zurich and Geneva...

Brazil restricts currency short selling
07 January 2011 Rio de Janeiro
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Brazilian Government has announced that it is imposing a tax on short positions in US dollars, in an attempt to reduce the strength of the country's currency...

North Carolina reduces securities lending loss estimate
07 January 2011 North Carolina
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

North Carolina Treasurer's Office has lowered its estimates of losses the state faces through securities lending activity.

McCorvey joins Gar Wood global prime brokerage unit
06 January 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Gar Wood Securities has hired John McCorvey III as senior vice president of its Global Prime Brokerage business unit...

Record securities lending volumes at BM&FBovespa
06 January 2010 Rio de Janeiro
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The financial volume from securities lending on BM&FBOVESPA reached a record BRL 465,605,784,349.80 in 971,558 transactions in 2010...

Christian School securities lending mandate won
06 January 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company has been selected to provide a full suite of asset servicing solutions for Canadian Christian School Pension Trust Fund including custody, fund accounting, securities lending and performance & risk analy

OCC announces record year
05 January 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced today that total OCC volume in December reached 344,206,175 contracts, a 16 per cent increase over the December 2009 volume of 296,703,081...

ISDA looks to reduce risk in Asia
05 January 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published the Asia Pacific Portfolio Reconciliation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote portfolio reconciliation and reduce risk in the Asia Pacific region.