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NY Fed to begin reverse repo tests

03 August 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The NY Fed intends to conduct a series of small-scale, real-value reverse repurchase transactions with primary dealers using all eligible collateral types, including, for the first time, agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from the SOMA portfolio

Management appointments at Daiwa

03 August 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Daiwa Capital Markets appoints Chris Brown as Deputy Head of Fixed Income for Europe & the Middle East and Vince Purton as Head of Debt Capital Markets for the region.

Hedge funds win Lehman battle

03 August 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Hedge funds whose money was not properly ringfenced when Lehman Brothers went into administration have won a High Court battle to gain access to client money deposited with the UK division of the bank...

Lanzamos en agosto

03 August 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

LCH.Clearnet Group, is to launch clearing for Spanish government bonds and repos. The first service is due to be launched on 9 August 2010 in response to significant market demand from both domestic and international banks.

Eurex repo continues to grow

02 August 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

At the international derivatives markets of Eurex, an average daily volume of 8.1 million contracts was traded in July...

West joins Dechert LLP

02 August 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Dechert LLP announced today that M. Holland West, a leading private funds and derivatives lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services practice group in the New York office.

Enrico Camerinelli, European Banking Expert, Joins Aite Group

02 August 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Aite Group LLC today announces the addition of Enrico Camerinelli as a senior analyst covering wholesale banking, cash and trade finance, and payments. Camerinelli will be based in Milan.

A first for service providers

02 August 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, became the first service provider to support short positions in an exchange-traded fund (ETF)

Myo Schollum, Head of Prime Services Coverage Japan

02 August 2010 Tokyo
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Credit Suisse announced today the appointment of Myo Schollum as Head of Prime Services Coverage in Japan, underlining the Bank's continuing commitment to serving the Japanese hedge fund community

BNY Mellon completes acquisition of BHF Asset Servicing GmbH

02 August 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon, has completed its acquisition of BHF Asset Servicing GmbH. The transaction also includes the purchase of BHF Asset Servicing's fund administration affiliate, Frankfurter Service Kapitalanlage-GmbH.

St. Petersburg officials reported to be optimistic

02 August 2010 St. Petersburg
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Reported in the St. Petersburg Times by Michael Van Sickler, St. Petersburg officials remain optimistic the city will recoup USD15 million in investment losses despite ruling

Japan extends short selling ban

01 August 2010 Tokyo
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Japan's Financial Services Agency has announced that it will extend the ban on naked short selling until the end of October...

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