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Sec lending market reacts warmly to stock connect

30 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, set to go live on 5 December, has been praised by securities lending market participants as a potential booster for market liquidity...

Deutsche Börse in blockchain settlement collaboration

29 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have collaborated to launch a functioning blockchain prototype for settlement of securities...

R3 and Calypso partner for post-trade blockchain

29 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain consortium R3 is seeking to recapture investor confidence after a spate of high profile banks withdrew their support for the project by signing on Calypso Technology to develop a capital markets post-trade blockchain application...

EXCLUSIVE: Unlocking collateral key to curbing shortage, says Elixium

28 November 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Greater diversification of counterparties in the repo market can halt the decline in liquidity, according to Roberto Verrillo of trading platform Elixium...

Bridgeman heads to RBC

28 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

RBC has lured away Rebecca Bridgeman from BNP Paribas Securities Services after six years on the bank’s securities financing desk...

Soc Gen SIB turns to fintech for CCP data solution

28 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has become the latest major banking group to turn to a fintech firm to assist with the increasing burden of regulatory compliance...

Hedge funds perform despite investor withdrawal

25 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge funds are continuing to grow overall assets under management in 2016 in the face of skittish investor sentiment, according to Preqin’s latest research...

Hong Kong proposed fresh liquidity rules

24 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is aiming to reinforce market stability through new regulatory proposals that would require securities lending participants to ensure cash reinvestment strategies are “sufficiently liquid”...