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Pershing Prime Services forms new strategic alliance

13 April 2011 Jersey City
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Pershing has formed a strategic alliance with Roubini Global Economics. The agreement will provide Pershing's hedge fund, broker-dealer and registered investment adviser customers with exclusive research and analysis on trends and developments...

Northern Trust wins Shropshire mandate

08 April 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has been appointed to provide securities lending services to Shropshire County Pension Fund...

Montag joins BlackRock Board

08 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Thomas Montag, president of global banking and markets at Bank of America, has joined BlackRock's Board of Directors...

ASX/SGX merger in doubt

07 April 2011 Singapore/Sydney
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The proposed merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges has been put in jeopardy by the Australian authorities...

Genpact buys Headstrong

07 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Genpact has agreed to acquire Headstrong Corporation, a global provider of comprehensive consulting and IT services with a specialised focus in capital markets and healthcare, for $550 million...

Clearstream registers March increase

06 April 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

In March 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of five per cent to €11.3 trillion (compared to €10.8 trillion in March 2010)...

McAuley joins BNY Mellon

06 April 2011 Boston
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has named Michael McAuley to the newly created position of managing director, senior business strategist, for the Global Securities Lending Business...

SGX to relax securities lending rules

05 April 2011 Singapore
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Singapore Exchange is to let market forces dictate the rate at which participants can borrow the securities of retail investors in a move that it says will increase liquidity...

J.P. Morgan wins MainePERS mandate

05 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has been selected by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) to provide services including securities lending for the State’s $10.5 billion in assets.

Salvation Army sues BNY Mellon

04 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Southern Division of the Salvation Army in the US has started legal proceedings against BNY Mellon following losses incurred as a result of its securities lending programme...

OCC increases volumes in March

04 April 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Total volume at OCC reached 421,466,054 contracts in March, representing a 19 per cent increase over the March 2010 volume of 353,294,816 contracts.

Algorithmics publishes practitioners’ guide to Dodd-Frank

01 April 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Algorithmics’ risk and capital management experts today launched the first comprehensive review of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to help affected firms and their employees formulate action plans to meet the new regulations.

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