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Manual entries are no more, say SunGard
05 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SunGard’s Loanet, a suite of solutions for the US and Canadian securities finance industry, has created a new order management service that aims to help borrowers and lenders increase automation and boost productivity of their trading businesses...

OneChicago to launch weekly futures
30 January 2014 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago is planning to release OCX.Weekly futures as part of the OCX.NoDivRisk futures product suite...

Hot stocks: what’s ready to pop?
30 January 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

DataLend and SunGard’s Astec Analytics round up the shares that are in greatest demand, and what they are earning borrowers and lenders...

Question of Volcker Rule foreign coverage answered
20 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Frank Mayer, Timothy McTaggart and Jonathan Levin of law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP have asserted that “location, location, location” is the most important aspect of the Volcker Rule’s requirements on foreign banking entities...

Michael Messinger rejoins Maxim Group
15 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Maxim Group has hired Michael Messinger as an executive managing director and co-head of the fixed income group...

Shorters circle around Western Asset Mortgage Capital
08 January 2014 Pasadena
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

According to reports, Zacks has recently downgraded Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp (WMC) from neutral to underperform...

Cantor Fitzgerald hires Franz Bucher
07 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe has continued to expand its European credit fixed income team with the appointment of Franz Bucher as managing director in London...

Qatar CSD goes private
03 January 2014 Qatar
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Qatar central securities depository has been established as a Qatari private shareholding company...

Silvercorp fraud battle rages on
20 December 2013 British Columbia
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Jon Richard Carnes has been accused of committing fraud by the British Columbia Securities Commission, after he denounced Silvercorp on his blog and then made $2.8 million selling it short...

Citi survey finds '2/20' fading
10 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The business of hedge funds is caught between rising costs and falling management fees, holding little profit for managers that do not perform, according to a survey...

Northern Trust increases collateral management options
10 December 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Northern Trust has expanded its collateral management system and will now support forward settling mortgage-backed securities...

BCS pushes London/Moscow hub
02 December 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BCS, a trader of equities and derivatives on the Russian exchange, has hired Gareth Johnson as senior trader to the London office, as of the beginning of October...