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SimCorp: Dodd-Frank is a catalyst for change

31 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Thirty percent of respondents to a SimCorp poll admitted that it would take days or weeks to estimate the profit and loss of a potential default of the companies to which they are exposed...

CalPERS awards Citi $28 billion in assets

30 May 2012 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Citi was granted access to $28 billion of securities lending assets held by CalPERS in an auction conducted by eSecLending. The lending auction was of $43 billion in US equities...

Deloitte: ‘Shadow banking’ is worth $9.53 trillion

30 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The ‘shadow banking’ system in the US may not be as large as regulators and market participants fear, but its size could increase as regulatory changes and financial innovation take hold...

Algorithmics launches pension risk management solution

30 May 2012 New York, London and Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Algorithmics, an IBM Company, has launched a new edition of its existing solution, Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Pension Funds, to help pension funds better manage their funding status...

Newedge calls it a day in Greece

28 May 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Prime brokerage firm Newedge is pulling out of the Greek market and will only process sell orders...

SunGard propels connectivity with Colombia

24 May 2012 Bogota
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC), the official Securities Exchange of Colombia, has certified SunGard as an international market data provider...

Battle for Asian prime brokerage dominance rages on

24 May 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A survey by AsiaHedge has reported that Credit Suisse and Bank of America celebrated increased market share over 2012 in their Asian prime brokerage divisions, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have lost hedge fund clients and assets...

Facebook shares trigger restrictions on shorting

23 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Facebook shares prompted SEC rules on shorting after dropping by 13.7 percent in just the opening minutes of trading on Monday...

Clearstream and Iberclear will grow Spanish collateral management service

22 May 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Iberclear, the Spanish central securities depository and subsidiary of BME, and the international central securities depository Clearstream have signed an agreement to develop a new tri-party collateral management service for the Spanish market...

Report outlines best practice for oversight

21 May 2012 US
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Mutual Fund Directors Forum has released a special report entitled Practical Guidance for Directors on the Oversight of Securities Lending. The report is based on eSecLending's guidance paper that is aimed at those responsible for creating, moni

Emerging markets bank joins SunGard

21 May 2012 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Renaissance Capital, an emerging markets investment bank, has joined the SunGard Global Network (SGN) trading community. Renaissance Capital will be able to provide brokerage services...

Deutsche Bank to open agency sec lending desk in Asia

18 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Deutsche Bank is planning to open an agency securities lending desk in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2012 so that it can provide a better service to its clients in local Asian markets. Greg Chamberlain will lead it...

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