UBS has launched a new unit that is aimed at attracting and servicing clients among quantitative hedge funds. Quant HQ combines the firm’s prime services and direct execution businesses...
London-based clearing house CME Clearing Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of CME Group, has begun to accept gold bullion as an eligible form of collateral...
16 August 2012Los Angeles, California Reporter: Mark Dugdale
The Conifer Group and JonesTrading Institutional Services have signed a partnership deal that will see Conifer Securities become a wholly owned subsidiary of JonesTrading...
J.P. Morgan has extended its collateral management product to enhance the security and control that its clients have over excess collateral in response to the billion dollar trading losses that it announced in Q2 2012...
14 August 2012Concord, Massachusetts Reporter: Mark Dugdale
Repo indices could be a viable alternative to LIBOR as a global financial benchmark, according to a research report from securities and investment research firm Finadium...
Repo, reverse repo, SLB and credit default swaps have all been addressed by India’s insurance regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)...
VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management, has been approved to offer its ELT services in Wisconsin to assist automotive lenders with the transition to electronic titles in the state...
Estimated worldwide total lendable assets are expected to be more than $11.6 trillion, stated Celent in its report: “Top Trends in Securities Lending: The Road to Recovery and Evolution”...
07 August 2012Washington D.C. Reporter: Georgina Lavers
A committee on securities, insurance and investment met to conduct a hearing entitled “The Tri-Party Repo Market: Remaining Challenges” in Capitol Hill, Washington D.C...