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Ministers announce expansion of Fidessa plc's Belfast centre

21 January 2011 Belfast
Reporter: Justin Lawson

First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter D. Robinson MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA announced that Fidessa plc is to create 90 high-quality financial services technology jobs in Belfast today.

BlackRock appoints Seidenberg to Board

20 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BlackRock, Inc. have announced that Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

New securities lending report from Finadium

19 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

A new report from Finadium shows that US plan sponsors continue to work on the complex challenge of defining best practices with their securities lending, collateral management and custody providers...

Even keel for BNY Mellon

19 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has reported fourth quarter income from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders of $690 million...

First transactions on EquiLend via OCC

19 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

EquiLend clients have utilised the EquiLend platform to execute equity trade transactions which were centrally cleared via the OCC (Options Clearing Corporation)...

Three new hires at CIBC

18 January 2011 Toronto
Reporter: ben Wilkie

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has appointed three new staff to its prime brokerage business...

Citi moves back into profit

18 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Citigroup has reported fourth quarter 2010 net income of $1.3 billion, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $7.6 billion, or $0.33 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2009...

Clearstream increases collateral range

18 January 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Clearstream, has added investments funds to its portfolio of asset classes eligible for collateral use. Clearstream customers can now leverage investment funds shares that are settled via and held by Clearstream...

AIMA responds to ESMA consultation on AIFMD

17 January 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has called for the implemented form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to be flexible, proportionate and based on the principles of openness and transparency.

Exclusive: SecFinex products to be cleared by BNP Paribas

16 January 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

SecFinex has announced that BNP Paribas Securities Services will become a General Clearing Member (GCM) of its platform.

S&P securities lending indices report significant drop

14 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

All three Standard & Poor's securities lending indices saw borrow spreads reach their lowest levels since 2009.

First securities lending conference of the year

14 January 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Justin Lawson

GSF Summit 2011: New regulations force liquidity and collateral management solutions on a global scale. Taking place in Luxembourg on 19 and 20 January with a record number of 700+ participants registered from over 30 countries.

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