Citi was granted access to $28 billion of securities lending assets held by CalPERS in an auction conducted by eSecLending. The lending auction was of $43 billion in US equities...
The ‘shadow banking’ system in the US may not be as large as regulators and market participants fear, but its size could increase as regulatory changes and financial innovation take hold...
30 May 2012New York, London and Toronto Reporter: Georgina Lavers
Algorithmics, an IBM Company, has launched a new edition of its existing solution, Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Pension Funds, to help pension funds better manage their funding status...
A survey by AsiaHedge has reported that Credit Suisse and Bank of America celebrated increased market share over 2012 in their Asian prime brokerage divisions, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have lost hedge fund clients and assets...
Iberclear, the Spanish central securities depository and subsidiary of BME, and the international central securities depository Clearstream have signed an agreement to develop a new tri-party collateral management service for the Spanish market...
The Mutual Fund Directors Forum has released a special report entitled Practical Guidance for Directors on the Oversight of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Lending. The report is based on eSecLending's guidance paper that is aimed at those responsible for creating, moni
Renaissance Capital, an emerging markets investment bank, has joined the SunGard Global Network (SGN) trading community. Renaissance Capital will be able to provide brokerage services...
Deutsche Bank is planning to open an agency securities lending desk in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2012 so that it can provide a better service to its clients in local Asian markets. Greg Chamberlain will lead it...