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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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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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SunGard’s new solution helps lenders maximise their Japanese lending opportunities
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JPMorgan is looking to expand its prime brokerage business into Asia
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Hong Kong’s stock exchange has increased the eligibility criteria for market capitalisation and turnover velocity
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HSBC has appointed former Deutsche and Merrill Lynch prime services head
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EquiLend announces partnership with BNY Mellon to automate end-to-end tri-party collateral management solution
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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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April
Financial Stability Board has said the securities finance industry is opaque and can have a destabilising impact on financial markets
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Japan’s Pension Fund Association has chosen RiskMetrics HedgePlatform as their hedge fund transparency provider
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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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In Asia, lending balance is confined to a limited number of stocks and relatively tight supply means higher fees can be charged by lenders, according to Data Explorers
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March
Luke Clancy speaks to beneficial owners around the world to investigate the extent to which securities lending programmes have recovered
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Luke Clancy speaks to beneficial owners around the world to investigate the extent to which securities lending programmes have recovered
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BNP Paribas has hired two ex-Nomura prime brokers to continue building out the team
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The agreement is part of Instinet's efforts to connect to all meaningful pools of liquidity in the region
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State Street will replace NAB Asset Servicing as the fund’s custodian
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The CEO will become the principal executive officer of MUSHD and head of international business
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Standard Chartered has hired a global head of structured equity in Hong Kong
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The new platform will facilitate repo financing transactions between members of Hong Kong’s Central Moneymarkets Unit and international financial institutions
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The Chinese regulator has been busy gearing up its pilot
securities lending programme. Beijing-based Fang Qingli, head of prime services, CITICS, speaks to Alastair O’Dell about how arrangements are progressing
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Sinclair Scholfield, head of securities finance for Australia and New Zealand, State Street, says his region’s markets are being held back by widespread misconceptions and archaic lending practices. But, he tells Annabelle Palmer, things are changing
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February
High profile traders continue to strike out on their own with new hedge funds domiciled in the region. Paul Golden reports
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Standard Chartered's global repo head is no longer at the bank
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Australia’s army of Super pension funds are keen to engage in securities lending programmes. But with light demand comes light returns, finds Bob Campion and Annabelle Palmer
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The behaviour of hedge funds indicates that they think smartphone profitability is on the decline, according to Data Explorers
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The State Securities Commission has urged the central bank to amend its securities lending policies to ease pressure on the stock market
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Enhanced Investment Products has introduced a series of synthetic ETFs to give investors access to emerging Asian stock exchange indices
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has made some changes to its proposed rules on short position reporting in response to market feedback
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Credit Suisse’s Kirtes Bharti has left the Pan-Asia Securities Lending Association
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Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines will be targets of discussion at the Pasla/RMA 9th annual Pan Asian Securities Lending Association conference
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Short interest in Japan is low, but investors are targeting specific names at a rate well above the average, according to Data Explorers
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Investors are increasingly short selling Hong Kong equities and Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong
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BNY Mellon reveals a number of appointments within the business as well as the departure of Rob Coxon
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SMBC Nikko Securities has risen its market position in Japanese fixed income trading
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January
The move responds to growing demand for alternative investments from the Asia Pacific region
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China is planning to introduce a new body which will help develop the country’s hedge fund industry
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Securities Finance Asia Pacific's Synthetic Finance Summit Asia at the end of 2011 discussed the increasing popularity of synthetic products in Asia
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has relaxed rules around cash margin requirements and participation in the margin trading system