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EquiLend sees record February volumes

12 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

EquiLend is using its record volumes seen in February to promote its consolidated trading platform...

BNY Mellon plays the fool with Motley

11 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has extended its fund services relationship with Motley Fool Asset Management to include securities lending for its family of mutual funds with $575 million in assets under management...

Clearstream triparty repo rises 4 percent y-o-y

11 February 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) services rose 4 percent over January 2013 (€548.8 billion)...

Hong Kong adds securities to short selling list

10 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Twenty-six securities will be added to the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

Asset management is new head of the wolf pack

10 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Global assets under management will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, representing the move of the asset management industry to front and centre...

Is fear in emerging markets hedge funds unwarranted?

07 February 2014 Atlanta
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though hedge fund performance was negative in January, falling an average of -0.6 percent, the industry broadly outperformed global equity markets...

Clearstream and VPS collaborate on collateral

07 February 2014 Oslo
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Verdipapirsentralen ASA and Clearstream have signed a letter of intent aimed at developing new collateral management services...

Russian CSD extends collateral fees

06 February 2014 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The supervisory board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, voted to extend the validity of the fees for collateral management services and the fees for clearing services...