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CASLA: Automation easing sec lending workload

04 June 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Automation of securities lending transactions has proved so successful for general collateral lending that it is increasingly being utilised for higher value “warm trades”, according to a panellist at CASLA’s Conference on Securities Lending la

OneChicago's contract volume increased in May

06 June 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago’s contract volume increased 4 percent in May compared to the same month in 2015, although open interest decreased 11 percent over the same period...

ESMA invites comment on blockchain potential

03 June 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a distribution paper and public consultation on the potential usefulness of distributed ledger technology in securities markets...

CASLA: CCPs feel northern chill

03 June 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The limited size of Canada’s securities lending industry means that only unilateral action by all participants could spearhead the creation of a Canadian CCP, according to panellists at CASLA's Conference on Canadian Securities Lending...

ICAP agrees to delay ending federal funds open rate

02 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ICAP has agreed to delay ditching the federal funds open rate at the request of associations that were worried their members were not given enough time to adjust to its replacement...

Markit recruits new equity specialist

02 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Markit has named MacRae Foerster as a director and equity sales specialist...

Hainsby and Zacharia join Ceres Securities

02 June 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ray Hainsby and Mark Zacharia have joined Ceres Securities in London...

Exclusive: EquiLend enters the swaps business

02 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Trading and post-trade provider EquiLend has launched a new service for total return swaps...

OCC enjoys bumper increase in new loans

02 June 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending activity at the Options Clearing Corporation was up 52 percent in new loans last month...

Doran Jones appoints Susan Peters as CEO

01 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

IT consultancy Doran Jones has appointed former eSecLending executive Susan Peters as its new CEO...

Prime broker on board with RSRCHXchange

31 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Boutique prime broker Global Prime Partners has mandated RSRCHXchange to give its clients access to institutional research content...

Short sellers poised to play their Trump card

27 May 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers are hoping to come out as the real winners of the US presidential election by positioning themselves to profit from the grand promises made by candidates to raise the federal minimum wage, according to a Markit report...

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