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Russia’s CSD sees spike in collateral management system

02 August 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The value of repo transactions that the Russian Federal Treasury performed using the National Securities Depository’s collateral management system reached RUB 10.2 trillion (USD 169.9 billion) in Q2 2017

Optimas Capital opts for Broadridge investment management solution

01 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Optimas Capital, which has more than USD 250 million in assets under management, chose Broadridge’s Portfolio Master solution for its “accurate and smooth processing capability"

Colm Gaughran boosts Lombard Risk’s Australasia team

01 August 2017 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Gaughran will lead the ongoing expansion of Lombard Risk’s regulation technology solutions from the Sydney office

BlackRock reports securities lending revenue rise

01 August 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BlackRock reported higher quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year securities lending revenue in its Q2 2017 results, as clients began to put more of their assets to work

Joe Mecane joins Citadel Securities

31 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Joe Mecane has joined Citadel Securities as head of execution services. In his new role, the former Barclays executive will take charge of the equity, options and exchange-trade funds businesses

FDIC tells firms to prepare for T+2

31 July 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

US financial services firms should take appropriate steps to ensure they are prepared for the move to T+2 settlement on 5 September

Citi brings in Sabrina Wilson for futures, clearing and collateral

28 July 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citi has appointed Sabrina Wilson as global head of electronic and algorithmic trading and regional head for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) futures, clearing and collateral

US regulators to work together on Volcker Rule

28 July 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Five US federal financial regulatory agencies are coordinating the efforts to review the regulatory treatment of certain foreign funds under Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, better known as the Volcker Rule

Deutsche Bank's prime finance revenue fell in Q2

28 July 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Revenue from equities sales and trading fell to €537 million from Q2 2016, a drop that Deutsche Bank blamed on declining prime finance revenues, although it’s unclear by how much they decreased

Lombard Risk and SmartDX to automate margin calls

28 July 2017 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The joint offering between Lombard Risk and SmartDX enables data to be extracted from agreements negotiated in the SmartDX documentation solution

Peter Seccia joins Jefferies

27 July 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Former Goldman Sachs executive Peter Seccia has joined Jefferies as global head of equity derivatives

State Street receives securities finance revenue boost

27 July 2017 Boston
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

State Street earned securities finance revenue of $179 million in Q2 thanks to a boost at the bank in enhanced custody, as its assets under custody and administration exceeded $31 trillion for the first time

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