In July 2012, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.1 million contracts, a drop from the 10.1 million seen year-on-year...
Equity finance exchange OneChicago’s block trading volume in the first seven months of 2012 surpassed more than 2.5 million contracts, exceeding all blocks activity in 2011...
OCC’s securities lending central counterparty activities saw a 19 percent increase in July 2012 when compared to the same period in 2011, with 80,674 new transactions...
The Royal Bank of Canada has taken full control of RBC Dexia Investor Services and rebranded the global custody, fund and pension administration services provider as RBC Investor Services...
A survey by Corgentum unearthed the surprising discovery that just 17 percent of investors felt that prime brokers were the most important hedge fund service provider, as compared to administrators and auditors...
Goldman Sachs is paring down their Japanese prime brokerage business after the planned exit of unit head Toru Okabe. Okabe will leave the bank by the end of the month, after working in Goldman's prime brokerage section since 2000....