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Saudi Arabia kicks off securities lending

24 April 2017 Riyadh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Saudi Arabia has fired the starting gun on its securities lending and covered short selling markets as the country shifts from a T+0 to a T+2 settlement cycle to aid global market alignment

HQLA stuck in the pipes, says European Central Bank

24 April 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The market’s troubles were revealed as part of the ECB’s quarterly qualitative survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities finance and OTC derivatives markets

BNY Mellon suffers Q1 blip

21 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon’s securities lending revenue hit $49 million in Q1 2017. This was down from the previous quarter’s revenue of $54 million

Borussia Dortmund bomber was shorting club shares, claims German prosecutor

21 April 2017 Dortmund
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A Borussia Dortmund bombing suspect has been accused of attempting to profit from the attack through shorting shares in the German football club

Hedge fund revenue hits 2013 highs

20 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The hedge fund industry has recorded its best opening quarter of a year since 2013

BlackRock’s sec lending falls short in Q1

20 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock’s Q1 securities lending revenue was down slightly, but its wider results paint a healthy picture for the asset manager

Failed Icelandic bank loses collateral valuation dispute

19 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK High Court ruled that the non-defaulting party, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich, had the right to determine the fair market value of the collateral at dispute

Clearstream GSF suffers under EU QE

19 April 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The quantitative easing policy of the European Central Bank continues to stifle EU securities financing businesses in the opening months of 2017

Top banks reveal Q1 securities growth

18 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Wall Street big hitters post strong securities services revenue growth for Q1

Lance Wargo departs from BNP Paribas

12 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Wargo joined the bank in New York in 2013 to spearhead its securities lending push in North America

LCH appoints new group COO

11 April 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Global clearing house LCH has appointed Daniel Maguire as group COO, effective immediately

OCC poaches Ridgway for risk management

11 April 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC has continued its raid on Wall Street with the appointment of David Ridgway as senior vice president for enterprise risk management

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