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HSBC pauses job cuts and restructures

30 April 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

HSBC's staff restructuring has been put on ice while it deals with the COVID-19 market disruption

Canadian pension plans suffer biggest returns decline for more than a decade in Q1

30 April 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe has experienced the steepest decline since 2008

As ESG grows, liquidity could wither, warns State Street

29 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A growing number of asset owners and managers are voicing concerns that securities lending undermines their ability to exercise proper stewardship on underlying investments, finds a new State Street research paper.

New APAC securities lending user guide goes live

28 April 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

EquiLend has partnered with PASLA and the RMA to create a free-to-download securities lending user guide for all 14 markets in the Asia Pacific Region

Hedge funds continue to grow

27 April 2020 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

IOSCO’s largest-ever market survey shows that multi-strategy funds and equity long/short funds are the most common strategy types

Euronext to build post-trade services through Danish CSD acquisition

24 April 2020 Copenhagen
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European stock exchange says the deal serves to significantly bolster its post-trade services offering and further diversify its revenue stream to become less reliant on volume-related revenue

Canadian pension funds bank record returns in 2019

23 April 2020 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Canadian defined benefit pension plans recorded their second-highest annual return in more than a decade last year

Northern Trust returns to form with Q1 securities lending revenue boost

22 April 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Q1 marks Northern Trust's best quarter for securities lending revenue since 2018

ISLA to form new digital working group

22 April 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISLA is inviting member firms to join its new digital working group aimed at developing a CDM for securities lending and contributing to industry consultations

BlackRock sees bumper Q1 securities lending revenue

21 April 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The asset manager has chalked up its best Q1 earnings in several years, which contributed to its double-digit overall revenue growth