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Hartford Financial Services sells broker-dealer business

22 March 2012 Connecticut
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Hartford Financial Services group has shut down its annuity business, pursuing a sale or other options for its individual life insurance, retirement plan and broker-dealer businesses...

$150 million securities lending lawsuit for J.P. Morgan

22 March 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan will pay $150 million to settle a lawsuit by three American union pension funds and other investors accusing the bank of securities lending losses...

Two resignations for Deutsche

21 March 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Deutsche Bank has lost two members of its group executive committee after tensions over asset management...

Greg Wagner resigns from RBS

21 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Greg Wagner, global head of equity prime services has resigned from RBS to pursue a new opportunity....

New head of equities for BTIG

19 March 2012 London and NY
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BTIG Ltd has hired Matthew Cyzer, formerly of Goldman Sachs, to head its equities sales and trading group...

BofE warns insurers on shadow banking

19 March 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Creating a trade repository for recording transactions would ensure insurers do not act like shadow banks, said BofE’s Paul Tucker...

UK to train Nigerian stockbrokers

19 March 2012 Nigeria
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) will send some of its members from Nigeria to the UK for training on securities lending, in preparation for the opening of the Nigerian Stock Exchange...

$8 million stock fraud in California

16 April 2012 California
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A charge of defrauding $8 million from directors in an elaborate stock-lending scheme has been leveled at Argyll Investments by the SEC...

BNP Paribas Securities Services opens in Colombia and Chile

16 March 2012 Colombia and Chile
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has opened new offices in Colombia and Chile, and acquired the relevant hires, as part of its expansion into Latin America...

Major clean-up for Penson

15 March 2012 Dallas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Penson Worldwide is looking to reduce its debt of $176 million through exchange offers for its debt holders...

J.P. Morgan launches new HK collateral management platform

14 March 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services will launch a repo financing collateral management platform, which has been developed in partnership with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority...

Euroclear and BNP Paribas Securities Services partner on triparty collateral management

14 March 2012 Brussels
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Euroclear Bank and BNP Paribas Securities Services have announced an agreement that will enable their mutual clients to benefit from access to a larger pool of collateral for triparty transactions...

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