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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...

Qatar Exchange enhances DvP to support securities lending

16 April 2013 Qatar
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Throughout 2013 Qatar Exchange plans to enhance its delivery versus payment (DvP) mechanism to support securities lending and borrowing...

Omgeo expands ProtoColl functionality

16 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Omgeo has enhanced the functionality of its automated collateral and margin management solution, Omgeo ProtoColl. It now offers collateral optimisation capabilities to financial services firms...

Is Fidelity really done with stock lending?

12 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though key staff at Fidelity have hinted that the end is nigh for the firm’s stock lending division, others in the sector believe that the exit will not be as clear cut...

Coinsetter to bring shorting to bitcoin with $500,000 funding round

12 April 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

New York City-based bitcoin startup Coinsetter has taken its first outside investment by closing a seed round totaling $500,000...

Virgin Media deal hikes up value of UK M&A

12 April 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

UK M&A activity was at £23.5 billion and 213 deals in the first quarter of 2013, up 46.9 percent compared to Q1 2012 (£16 billion), but down 22.5 percent in deal count (275 deals)...

REGIS-TR is on the road to ESMA acceptance

11 April 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, is confident that its application to act as a trade repository across all asset classes will be accepted by ESMA...

Misys launches new version of Loan IQ

11 April 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Financial software provider Misys has launched its latest version of Loan IQ, its commercial lending solution for financial institutions...

MENA asset managers moving from fixed income to equities

11 April 2013 Doha
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A combination of increased government investment and dynamic local equity markets will make the six GCC states attractive investment locations, said respondees to a Qatar survey...

Arrowpoint opts for Cortland Capital

11 April 2013 Chicago and Denver
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Arrowpoint Asset Management has mandated Cortland Capital Market Services to provide middle office services to its collateralised loan obligation 2013-1...

ICMA tacks on Russia to master repo agreement

10 April 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published the 2013 legal opinions that support the Global Master Repurchase Agreement...

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...

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