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Pirum and Stonewain collaborate on near real-time services

11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Pirum has completed an upgrade of the standard interfaces to and from Stonewain’s Spire securities finance platform, enabling “near real-time services” for mutual clients

Natixis and BHF-Bank consider equity market deal

11 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Natixis and BHF-Bank are to consider a long-term partnership in an effort to gain market shares in continental Europe

Clock is ticking to save Germany’s lending market

07 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German securities lending market may be on the verge of a mass exodus next month if greater transparency and standardisation isn’t brought to GITA 2018, according to ISLA

ECB green lights collateral harmonisation project

07 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurosystem-wide collateral management system will merge 19 national systems into a single platform will replace the existing systems in an effort to increase overall efficiency

BACS has the need for speed, according to global custody audience

07 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

There needs to be more of a collaboration and a sense of partnership between global custodians, according to panellists at this year’s Global Custody Forum

The future’s bright, say securities lending panellists

06 December 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“The beneficial owner discussion is tending toward a more revenue-driven narrative as we look at how securities lending evolves for that side of the supply chain”, according to Simon Lee, managing director at eSecLending