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SunGard’s Valdi helps with Russian ruble conversion
17 April 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Otkritie Capital has selected SunGard to help launch a new direct market access (DMA) service allowing for automatic real-time currency conversion from the Russian ruble to the US dollar...

British Airways opts for BNY Mellon
17 April 2013 New York and London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

British Airways Pension Fund has selected BNY Mellon to provide OTC derivatives and collateral management services...

Euroclear expands in Luxembourg
16 April 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Euroclear is expanding its Luxembourg-based office to accommodate up to 10 employees who will focus on growing client relationships and delivering account management services...

Citi revamps collateral custody accounts
09 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi has expanded its Citi OpenInvestor suite of investment services to include segregated collateral custody accounts. The new accounts are hoped to help clients better mitigate counterparty risk...

Millennium nabs Barclays prime services head
03 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Ajay Nagpal, previously the head of Barclays Capital prime services business, has left the bank to join Millennium, the $18 billion hedge fun run by Israel Englander...

Calypso Technology opens in Madrid
27 March 2013 San Francisco
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Calypso Technology, a treasury and capital markets software provider, has opened an office in Madrid, Spain, to service the Spanish and Portuguese markets...

Rule Financial makes expansion in Poland
20 March 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Rule Financial has opened a new development centre in Poznań, Poland, in response to increasing client demand for complex systems development and integration...

Connecticut pension fund 'chooses' Deutsche Bank
19 March 2013 Hartford
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds has mandated Deutsche Bank to provide it with securities lending services. The state’s pension system is conducting a master custodian search ahead of State Street’s mandate expiring on 30 June...

Concept Capital lands prime brokerage managing director
12 March 2013 Atlanta
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Concept Capital Markets has recruited Charlie Fisher as a managing director in its prime brokerage services group. He joins the firm from Grace Financial Group and will be based in its newly established office in Atlanta...

PASLA/RMA securities lending conference: (More) regulatory woes
08 March 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Regulations came under the microscope again at the PASLA/RMA securities lending conference, but this time it was the turn of Basel III, liquidity coverage ratios and the financial transaction tax...

Omgeo CTM celebrates worldwide expansion
25 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Twenty-eight investment manager and broker/dealer firms have signed to adopt the new exchange-traded derivatives functionality in Omgeo Central Trade Manager (Omgeo CTM)...

Hong Kong exchange adds and removes short sale securities
22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Almost 30 securities will be added and six existing securities will be removed from the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...