UCITS funds should only enter into repo and reverse repo agreements if they are able to recall assets or cash at any time, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA’s) latest guidelines...
Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo & Company, has rebranded recently acquired Merlin Securities to Wells Fargo Prime Services...
OCC securities lending central counterparty (CCP) activities saw a 38 percent increase in new loans year-on-year with 72,740 transactions in November...
Deutsche Börse Group has released its November 2012 figures that saw the equity derivatives (equity options and single stock futures) segment of Eurex Exchange reach 25.1 million contracts, down 1.8 million contracts year-on-year...
SunGard has released Apex Prime, a global solution to help new and established prime service providers manage their day-to-day client processing and improve client services by maximising transparency, control and efficiency...
Jon Hartropp has moved to Nomura after spending 10 years at Goldman Sachs. He joined Nomura on 19 November as vice president, focusing on hedge fund client relationships and reporting to Phil Morgan, head of prime sales...
David Mudie will lead the new London-based operation of US independent futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O'Brien & Associates, which was established earlier this year, as CEO...
