The value of repo transactions that the Russian Federal Treasury performed using the National Securities Depository鈥檚 collateral management system reached RUB 10.2 trillion (USD 169.9 billion) in Q2 2017
BlackRock reported higher quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year securities lending revenue in its Q2 2017 results, as clients began to put more of their assets to work
Revenue from equities sales and trading fell to 鈧537 million from Q2 2016, a drop that Deutsche Bank blamed on declining prime finance revenues, although it鈥檚 unclear by how much they decreased
State Street earned securities finance revenue of $179 million in Q2 thanks to a boost at the bank in enhanced custody, as its assets under custody and administration exceeded $31 trillion for the first time
The hedge fund industry has recorded one of its strongest H1 performance periods since the financial crisis, according to data and intelligence provider Preqin
Northern Trust is set to establish a banking presence in Luxembourg, and has appointed a new head of continental Europe, in a move that it says is 鈥渇urther establishing its commitment to the region鈥