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Clearstream’s GSF services drop in August

07 September 2012 Luxembourg and Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its August 2012 figures, which reveal an increase in assets under custody, but a dip in the company’s global securities financing services...

Eurex Clearing rolls out new OTC derivatives system ‘Prisma’

07 September 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Clearing plans to introduce a new risk methodology for calculating initial margin for both listed and over-the-counter derivatives called Eurex Clearing Prisma...

Security futures contracts drop at OneChicago

07 September 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

OneChicago (OCX), an equity finance exchange, traded 433,498 security futures contracts in August 2012, a dip compared to 507,238 traded in the...

Riskbank cuts Sweden’s repo rates

06 September 2012 Sweden
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Riskbank’s executive board has decided to cut Sweden’s repo rate, to prevent inflation falling too low...

Hong Kong shorting gets pricey

06 September 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit Securities Finance has released a report that indicated the high cost of short selling in Hong Kong. In a blog post, Will Duff Gordon...

Battery seller short-circuits the market

06 September 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Battery manufacturer A123 Systems triggered the market short-sale rule on Wednesday morning, 5 September, when shares of its stock dropped below 10 percent...

Lombard prepares for common reporting

05 September 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lombard Risk is releasing its Risk REPORTER solution to clients in preparation for the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) Common Reporting requirements (COREP)...

BCS London recruits four

05 September 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BCS global markets and investment banking has made four senior appointments to its new London office...

Broadridge enhances PROactive Matching solution

04 September 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Broadridge financial solutions has announced that functionality within its service-based trade confirmation solution, PROactive Matching...

Nomura's Vereker steps down as head of investment banking

04 September 2012 Tokyo
Reporter: Jenna Jones

William Vereker, the joint head of investment banking at Nomura Holdings, is stepping down from the role to become vice chairman of investment banking...

Nkwe Platinum updates lending agreement with Genorah

04 September 2012 Perth
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Nkwe Platinum has provided an update to the security lending agreement involving Genorah Resources and its majority shareholding in the company. ..

RBS hires Bill Egan for prime services

04 September 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed William Egan as head of mandate sales for prime services in Asia Pacific...

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