News and Notes

J.P. Morgan Achieves Major Milestone in Tri-Party Repo Market Reforms

Europe's AFME creates best practice label for securitized instruments

BIS: OTC derivatives volumes down 1%

Clearstream supports new market infrastructure to strengthen link to Russia

BBA consults on implementing Wheatley LIBOR reforms

ICMA creates Collateral Initiatives Coordination Forum

Eurex securities lending CCP to launch Nov 22

Spain's CNMV extends short selling ban for another three months

OCC: Futures and Securities Lending Activity up 31% in October 2012

WSJ: London Stock Exchange Gets French OK On LCH Deal

ICAP launches ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange (ISDX), the new small and mid cap equity listings venue for SMEs

Japan Securities Clearing Corporation Launches New IRS Clearing Service Using the Calypso System

Calypso Technology Launches Basel III Solution for Liquidity Management

Accenture and Fundtech Team to Help Banks Strengthen Liquidity Management

Gresham Computing: Dealing firms not ready for real-time reconciliation

Basel Committee releases progress report on Basel III adoption

IMF's Lagarde: major economies need to finish financial sector reforms

Lombard Risk – interim results show revenue up 20%

4Sight publishes white paper on collateral optimization

CME Q3 2012 volumes drop 26% YoY, operating margin of 58%

Calypso Technology Names Jonathan D. Walsh SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer

Isda and Sapient collaborate on clearing standard

Bloomberg: Leverage Ratios Alone Won’t Curb Bank Risk, Basel Official Warns

SEC Adopts Standards for Risk Management and Operations of Clearing Agencies

Clearstream strengthens commitment to Asia with settlement link to the Philippines

NYSE Liffe GCF Repo Futures continue momentum

Spain extends short selling ban to Oct 31, 2012

Morgan Stanley changes VaR model, to its benefit

Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Clearstream to launch cross-border collateral management cooperation

Chartis Names SunGard a Category Leader in Enterprise Collateral Management

LCH.Clearnet Launches Global Consultancy Certification Program for OTC Clearing

Clearstream seclending drops 16% year over year, but is 1% up year to date

Markit Integrates Dividend Content into Securities Finance Services

SunGard/PRMIA Survey Finds a Quarter of Firms Exiting Businesses Due to Capital Requirements

BIS publishes progress report on Basel III implementation

SunGard Launches Loanet Automated Rebate Collection Service to Help Streamline Securities Finance Operations

Sovereigns posting collateral on the table at IMF/World Bank meeting

Greece Backs Financial-Transactions Tax

OneChicago Volume Surges – Surpasses Total 2011 Volume within First Three Quarters

RVS hires Milne to spearhead European expansion; Libor in crosshairs

HazelTree To Partner with PortfolioScience

SIX Securities Services doubles international Repo currency offering

David Rule on the FSB's Shadow Banking plans for seclending and repo

OCC securities lending activity up 25% over last year

Global Investor/ISF releases equity lending IT survey results

Cowen Group, Inc. Agrees to Acquire KDC Securities

UK publishes Wheatley Report on LIBOR

ESMA defines standards for derivatives and CCPs

ESMA publishes the responses to the Consultation on the treatment of repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements

Eurex Clearing posts IMN CCP slides online