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May
Anthony Byrne, head of Asian prime services at Deutsche Bank, talks to Stephanie Baxter about his move back to Asia after managing the bank’s European platform for the past nine years
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The pursuit of uncorrelated returns and desire for diversification are encouraging Asian investors to overlook recent weak results from managed futures
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Luke Clancy talks to Pauline Vamos, chief executive, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), about asset allocation trends, regulation and the role of her organisation
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BNY Mellon has created a German language version of its Workbench platform
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JPMorgan will provide custody and fund administration to a Swedish asset manager
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UK pensions are looking more closely at diversification to manage volatility, according to Barings
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Man Group aims to merge FRM into its multi-manager business
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European loan portfolios are attracting interest from new investors such as pension funds, insurance firms and sovereign wealth funds
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The city state’s proactive approach led to rapid growth in securities lending but the market has stalled over the last couple of years, finds Matt Kovac
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The city’s Marina Bay Financial Centre has seen a recent uptick in interest from Western financial institutions
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Hedge funds and institutional investors are invited to rate their synthetic finance providers
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Calypso Technology has released a new version of its OTC clearing solution
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JPMorgan has appointed a new head of trust, fiduciary and compliance reporting
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The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has elected a chairman of its new board
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SunGard’s new solution helps lenders maximise their Japanese lending opportunities
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The Global Investor/ISF tri-party survey has now closed and the results go live next Wednesday
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Hedge funds focused on emerging Asia had a positive first quarter
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JPMorgan is looking to expand its prime brokerage business into Asia
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Following the launch LCH.Clearnet will be working with an additional 10 international institutions
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New hire has been appointed in a newly created role of head of the Middle East
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Richard Osterman, deputy general counsel, will serve as acting general counsel until a replacement is named
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Fidessa has appointed a head of business development
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Several Greek parties will step up their campaigns for a euro exit if a second election is held, says Cicero Consulting’s Iain Anderson
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The board of the State Universities Retirement System Board of Illinois has voted to hire a new securities lending agent
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Northern Trust has been appointed by The Nesta Trust to provide custody services
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New president elect will replace Rob Chiuch, Casla co-founder and managing director of securities lending, BNY Mellon
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ABN AMRO’s European head of equity finance trading and head of IT solutions for equity financing and securities financing, have left the bank for Synechron
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BNP Paribas Securities Services announces that Viraj Kulkarni will replace Pierre-Alexandre Thome
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Hong Kong’s stock exchange has increased the eligibility criteria for market capitalisation and turnover velocity
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BNP Paribas Securities Services has bought the depositary operations of a major Italian bank
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Euroclear has snapped up industry veteran Saheed Awan to lead its global collateral management business
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A growing housing bubble in Canada may mean a rough patch is ahead for the Canadian economy
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Canadian law currently makes the use of cash collateral in derivatives, repo and securities lending difficult but reform looks set to occur
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Attitudes towards securities lending are changing and the Canadian hedge fund market is evolving, leading to new opportunities for the Canadian securities lending market
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HSBC has appointed former Deutsche and Merrill Lynch prime services head
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HSBC reveals exclusively to Global Investor/ISF that James Pugh has joined its prime and equity finance sales team
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Roger Yates, CEO of Pioneer Investments, is quitting his role due to family commitments. His replacement is likely to be UniCredit’s new asset management head
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BNY Mellon has appointed a new head of trustee for Ireland, replacing Anne King
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BNY Mellon has been appointed trustee, collateral administrator, paying agent and calculation agent for a collateralised loan obligation
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The Boston Company Asset Management has taken on former Deutsche hedge fund CEO
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New hire joins Deutsche Bank from Brown Brothers Harriman
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EquiLend announces partnership with BNY Mellon to automate end-to-end tri-party collateral management solution
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Finra's general counsel and general counsel for regulation are both leaving the association
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iShares is keen to meet expanding interest in fixed income ETFs
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Tool provides brokers and advisors with greater transparency, reduced risk and lower operating costs
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Margin DIRECT combines BNY Mellon's custody and liquidity management capabilities for institutional investors looking for segregation of pledged collateral balances away from counterparties
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As one US bank reveals plans to hugely expand its agency lending business in Germany, Stephanie Baxter considers the impact on the market
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New tool provides monitoring of the entire trade lifecycle
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It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Volcker Rule will be enacted, but with delays predicted and a US presidential election approaching, its future is not absolutely certain, Annabelle Palmer finds
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Saudi Arabia is a highly attractive proposition for international investors. Whether hopes turn into reality will depend on the monarch’s willingness to open up the country’s markets, writes Paul Golden
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Luke Clancy quizzes Marcus Grubb, managing director, investment at the World Gold Council and Mark Williams, former senior commodities trading floor executive who teaches finance at Boston University, on the future for the gold price
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BNY Mellon also will act as custodian for the underlying shares of BTG Pactual Participations' Brazilian depositary receipt programme
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More than half of US financial executives expect the economy to expand and for their companies to hire more employees this year, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Eagle Asset Management has made an addition to its institutional sales team
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France has had too much power over EU regulatory decisions such as the AIFM directive, says a source
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A lawyer believes that UK-based hedge funds will stay put despite concerns the London funds centre will suffer as a result of the upcoming AIFM directive
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Mikhail Sukhobok will focus on the Russian firm’s electronic trading business
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Active managers need to combat growing skepticism about their products, says Anthony Hilton
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University of Sydney Business School' s Michael McKenzie said short-sellers do not destabilise markets at the Global Investor/ISF Master Class
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QSuper says "watch this space" on securities lending arrangements
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At the Global Investor/ISF Securities Finance Master Class, BNP Paribas said that Australian securities lending leads in some areas and is behind in others
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Rainmaker warns that Australians are suspicious of hedge funds at Global Investor/ISF Master Class in Sydney
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Schroders has appointed four senior professionals in its emerging market debt relative return team
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Critics of collateral transformations are talking rubbish, says Roy Zimmerhansl, principal consultant of Zimmerhansl Consulting Services
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Annabelle Palmer speaks with Tony Venditti, global head of BMO Capital Market's newly combined prime brokerage and equity finance business to see what’s in store for the new unit
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BNY Mellon has enhanced its collateral management platform with an electronic margin call service
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Client clearing on LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear increases by 175% in 2012 [free content]
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The European Commission will consider the industry’s outrage over ‘letter-box entities’ in the AIFM directive, says a source
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As the European Commission succumbs to pressure from
MEPs and the industry over issues in the new draft AIFM
directive, Stephanie Baxter asks what this now means
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Citigroup Global Markets, Morgan Stanley & Co, UBS Financial Services, and Wells Fargo Advisors were all fined for their conduct
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Opera-compliant solution eases reporting requirements and provides additional transparency for hedge funds and institutional investors [free content]
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An expert panel discuss managing enterprise-wide risk, regulatory change, central counterparties, collateral optimisation and providing transparency
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At the Global Investor/ISF Master Class, BNP Paribas said that Australian securities lending leads in some areas and is behind in others
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CIBC Mellon will deliver custody services, securities lending, pension accounting, pension benefits payment and reporting to the restructuring Canadian fund
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Rainmaker warns that Australians are suspicious of hedge funds
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JPMorgan will provide fund services to a pan-African private equity fund
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Hedge funds with greater than $1bn under management control about 60% of total assets
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Fatca exclusion for schemes as currently outlined in the proposals is not clear enough, says the NAPF
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Northern Trust will help a Norway insurance firm prepare for the Solvency II directive
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a deputy director of the division of the enforcement
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One of SunGard's risk tools now supports options traded on international exchanges
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April
While the take-up of Ucits in Asia has been successful, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Knadel conclude that key challenges remain
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New hire will oversee the implementation of technology strategy, application development and technology infrastructure
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Financial Stability Board has said the securities finance industry is opaque and can have a destabilising impact on financial markets
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Mizuho Banking Group wants to strengthen its global custody offering
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Saudi Arabia is on the right track to open its doors to foreign investors
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BlackRock has appointed a managing director and a senior strategist within BlackRock’s Multi Asset Client Solutions (BMACS) group.
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BNY Mellon will provide custody services to a new UK defined contribution workplace pension
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CIBC Mellon will provide custody, accounting, benefit payment services, securities lending, performance and risk analytics services to the Canadian pension plan
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Hedge funds outperformed traditional asset classes over the last 17 years according research commissioned by KPMG and AIMA
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Japan’s Pension Fund Association has chosen RiskMetrics HedgePlatform as their hedge fund transparency provider
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While April's securities lending volume increased compared with last year, total cleared contract volume at OCC decreased
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Societe Generale Securities Services has been mandated to provide custody and trustee services for the first preference share ETF to be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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BNY Mellon has named a global head of distribution for its investment management business
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Citi has been awarded a contract to deliver hedge fund middle office services a new divergent volatility strategies hedge fund
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Market infrastructure in Asia is developing quickly to support burgeoning financial markets, but a uniform system across the region is still a long way off, Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
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Firms have reacted positively to the European Commission’s promise to address issues in the AIFM directive
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LCH.Clearnet Group has signed a non-binding agreement with International Derivatives Clearing Group
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The growth of Asian hedge funds has not reduced short selling costs, says Data Explorers
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The Global Investor/ISF Master Class, a securities finance event, will be held in Sydney on 3 May. Sign up for one of the remaining places today.
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The ECB’s pan-European settlement project gets a major wave of support
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TABLES AMENDED: Scores for BNP Paribas and Northern Trust have been corrrected. RBC Dexia, Citi and BNY Mellon still took the top spots in the three overall tables
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RBC Dexia split honours with Citi in 2012 with RBC Dexia retaining first place in the overall unweighted table but ceding that position in the overall weighted table to Citi
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RBC Dexia split honours with Citi in 2012 with RBC Dexia retaining first place in the overall unweighted table but ceding that position in the overall weighted table to Citi
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BNY Mellon has announced a strategic alliance
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BNY Mellon has made an addition to its transition management business
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The European Commission has explained to European Parliament why it departed from key areas of Esma’s advice, according to an MEP. Stephanie Baxter reports
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New hire was previously the head of Deutsche Bank's managed accounts operations in the US
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Offshore models will be in a better position under the AIFM directive than EU markets, a conference panel discussed
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The world of financial services is littered with examples of the unintended consequences of regulation and legislators, with short time horizons to solve immediate problems, are quick to forget the lessons of the past, writes Luke Clancy
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Pirum Systems will provide access to Eurex Clearing’s upcoming CCP service for securities lending
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The CEO and a friend defrauded an investment firm into paying $20m in fees to the friend's placement agent firms