The International Securities Lending Association has welcomed an opinion that will clarify asset segregation and the application of depository rules to central securities depositories
Canadian pension plans and university endowments reported an increase of 1.53 percent in returns during Q2 2017, marking their fifth straight quarter of positive results
Its first release under the AcadiaSoft Expert Service programme will be ISDA SIMM Approval Guidance, which will help with obtaining permission from regulators to use the ISDA SIMM for initial margin calculations
The value of repo transactions that the Russian Federal Treasury performed using the National Securities Depository鈥檚 collateral management system reached RUB 10.2 trillion (USD 169.9 billion) in Q2 2017
Optimas Capital, which has more than USD 250 million in assets under management, chose Broadridge鈥檚 Portfolio Master solution for its 鈥渁ccurate and smooth processing capability"
BlackRock reported higher quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year securities lending revenue in its Q2 2017 results, as clients began to put more of their assets to work
Joe Mecane has joined Citadel Securities as head of execution services. In his new role, the former Barclays executive will take charge of the equity, options and exchange-trade funds businesses
Citi has appointed Sabrina Wilson as global head of electronic and algorithmic trading and regional head for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) futures, clearing and collateral
Five US federal financial regulatory agencies are coordinating the efforts to review the regulatory treatment of certain foreign funds under Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, better known as the Volcker Rule