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  • ISLA Supplement Profiles: Turkey

    23 July 2010

    Turkey economic prospects are positive but the securities lending market reflects the difficult global trading conditions

  • ISLA Supplement Profiles: Greece

    22 July 2010

    The securities lending market in Greece has been operating under restrictions that prevents lending on an offshore basis

  • ISLA Supplement Profiles: Spain

    22 July 2010

    Spain’s well documented macroeconomic problems have had no significant adverse reaction on securities lending in the country - although a lot of work remains to be done if the industry is to realise its potential

  • ISLA Supplement Profiles: Russia

    21 July 2010

    High operational risk caused by a fractured financial infrastructure and difficult legal conditions is threatening to stop the Russian securities lending market from realising its full potential

  • Feature: BBVA goes global

    19 July 2010

    BBVA, the Spanish banking group, has made a strategic decision to become a global banking group

  • Feature: Coming of age

    15 July 2010

    Latin America is a hot topic for discussion in the finance world. But each country has very different opportunities and risks around it. Global Investor/isf investigates

  • Feature: the return of leverage

    15 July 2010

    The credit crisis spelled the end of leveraged buyouts but they are making a comeback in a different form

  • Australia Securities Finance Roundtable

    15 July 2010

    Leading representatives of the securities finance industry in Australia discuss the status of the market at the Global Investor / isf Roundtable

  • Clearing & Settlement – Asia, Europe

    15 July 2010

    Compared to Europe, the clearing and settlement story in Asia is all about growth

  • Survey: the Nordic Securities Finance results

    15 July 2010

    The Nordic Securities Finance survey results are here

  • Face to Face: Karl von Buren, HSBC

    14 July 2010

    Karl von Buren, Global head of Equity Finance and Delta One at HSBC has been in the industry for almost 25 years. He sat down with Global Investor/isf to share his thoughts on regulation, doubling his business and HSBC’s new prime service offering

  • Feature: pension fund risk hedging

    14 July 2010

    Pension funds need more comprehensive pension cashflow information to execute more efficient hedging strategies

  • Feature: Time for banks to pay their share?

    14 July 2010

    Chancellor George Osborne's budget is analysed and the possible impact it could have for banks examined

  • Synthetic Finance Survey results announced

    09 July 2010

    The Global Investor / isf Synthetic Finance Survey results have arrived

  • Global Investor / isf digital edition - June

    30 June 2010

    View the digital version of the June issue of Global Investor / isf.

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  • SWF tap private wealth

    23 July 2010

    Super-rich sovereign wealth funds are tapping the private sector for more capital

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  • BNY Mellon picks MF Global for clearing

    28 July 2010

    BNY Mellon Clearing has selected MF Global Holdings to provide clearing services and infrastructure support for its new futures commission merchant offering

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  • Roundtable: Time for tri-party is now

    24 June 2010

    Leading representatives of the tri-party industry discuss the status of the market at the Global Investor / isf Tri-party Roundtable

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Poll

What will UCITS IV mean to the market?

It will increase economies of scale and reduce costs for UCITS investors
34%
It will provide more choice, transparency and investor protection
17%
It will encourage the consolidation of funds
17%
It will result in a push by firms to domicile in a single location as opposed to multiple
17%
No real effect at all
14%