Securities Finance

European Repo Benchmark Launched

The European Banking Federation (FBE), the European Savings Banks Group (ESBG), the European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB), in cooperation with the European Repo Council (ERC) announced today the launch of EUREPO, which is positioning itself as the benchmark for

Barclays Hires Two to Trade Latin American Debt

Barclays Capital has hired Michael McGowan and Ronaldo Lyrio as Directors, Latin America, Credit Trading. McGowan will be responsible for managing the Latin American credit repo book. He comes to Barclays Capital from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he was

Is Tri-Party the Solution to the Coming Credit Crunch?

Northwest Mutual Funds Eyes Merger Northwest Mutual Funds wants to merge the Northwest Specialty Resource Fund into Northwest Specialty Equity Fund, pending unitholder and regulatory approval.3 Plansponsor.comAFBA 5Star Funds Increases its Family AFBA 5Star Funds has recently added the AFBA

SecFinex Adds Online Auction Capability

A glimpse of nirvana for securities lenders was offered today by SecFinex. The online marketplace for securities finance says it has hosted three successful auctions, which ought in theory to allow the owners of securities to maximize the value of

SEI Says Money Market Tool is a Hit With Corporate Treasurers

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Japanese Regulator Cracks Down on Short Selling

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Reech Capital Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Reech Capital PLC has appointed Richard Gilbey as Chief Financial Officer to manage the growth of the business across continental Europe and Asia, and drive the company's continued investment in its expanding suite of capital markets products and services. Gilbey

ISMA Conference Scheduled for May 22-24

As if to contradict the buoyant mood in the European bond markets, the International Securities Market Association (ISMA) has announced that its 34th Annual General Meeting and Conference will be held not on the Cote d'Azur but in Basel, Switzerland.

GTT To Enhance Trade Processing Hub

US based Global Trade Technologies (GTT), a provider of trade order management software, is planning to release an upgrade to Bizbonds.net, providing a new FIX protocol processing hub for fixed income securities. "Web services allows us to create a single