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February
Two brothers living in Chicago and New York have been charged for naked short selling
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Mandate expands relationship to cover 12 ETFs with assets over $420m
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Citi will provide a suite of hedge fund services to one of the largest independent investment advisors in the US
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The product is designed to help institutional investors maximise income generated from the lending of securities while ensuring proxy voting fiduciary duties are met
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The European and Securities Markets Authority has published a consultation paper on the draft guidelines
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Global Investor/ISF has learned that Maynard has left State Street's securities finance team in Canada
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The OCC reports declines in January across securities lending, options and futures
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The January reporting season revealed which US banks were recent winners and losers in the securities finance business
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State Street has also hired a head of the portfolio solutions business for EMEA.
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Regulations facing the securities lending industry remain uncertain but have the potential to hit the demand side and affect pricing and liquidity, according to Finadium
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In an exclusive video interview, Global Investor/ISF talks to the man who has been leading Credit Suisse’s prime services division from strength to strength, ensuring its status as an impressive and profitable arm of the investment bank
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January
The move responds to growing demand for alternative investments from the Asia Pacific region
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The new product is the first mobile app to track short selling and institutional fund activity, according to Data Explorers
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New hire joins from the recently closed central counterparty securities lending platform, SecFinex
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The European ETF market is suffering from settlement and cross border issues, according to State Street’s Rob Rushe
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The new service uses cloud technology
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The services is designed for hedge funds and fund of hedge fund clients
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The European Securities and Markets Association has published a consultation paper on short selling and credit default swaps
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Japan has had a challenging year following the earthquake that hit the country’s eastern coast in March, bringing the entire market into question. Yet the Japanese securities lending industry has kept its cool during the hard times and is now prepared to come back with a bite against its Asia Pacific neighbours. Stephanie Baxter reports
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The tool is the world’s first securities lending newswire
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Deutsche Bank has noted a positive correlation between company-specific short sale revenues and corporate disappointments in 2011, with MF Global leading the way
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Despite the poor publicity, Australia's army of Super pension funds are keen to engage in securities lending programmes. But with light demand comes lights returns, finds Bob Campion
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Appointee succeeds Patrick Tadie, who has been named business executive for the company's alternative and broker-dealer services businesses
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In collaboration with Strate, the South African central securities depository, Clearstream is exploring a new triparty collateral management service for the region
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BNY Mellon has made changes to it asset servicing mangement teams across a number of regions
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BNY Mellon will provide custody, fund accounting and securities lending for six new Market Vector Industry ETFs
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Regulation is nudging firms towards enterprise collateral management, but do the benefits outweigh the costs? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
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While demand to borrow fell, there are rising levels of short interest, according to Data Explorers
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Former SecFinex director Jonathan Lombardo talks to Global Investor/ISF about his new role at Pirum Systems and why the securities lending industry needs to push forward with CCPs
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The Karachi Stock Exchange has made exemptions to its uptick rule
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Firms have elected Morgan Stanley’s Gregory Fleming to the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s board of governors
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ING has made structural changes to its equity and securities finance franchise, leading to key appointments across the divisions
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The Italian stock market regulator has extended restrictions on the short selling of financial stocks
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VTB Capital has hired Ulrich Schlumberger to head its global delta one business
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The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has cautioned that the Volcker Rule could have a negative impact on global bond markets. Annabelle Palmer reports
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The proposed Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, commonly known as the Volcker Rule, has received a fresh wave of criticism for being too complex and having a potentially negative effect on foreign markets. Stephanie Baxter reports
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Global Investor/ISF has learned that Ed Marhefka has left Morgan Stanley
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The Emea business of iShares predicts that ETFs will be very popular this year as investors return to the market
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange announces it will exempt market makers from the prohibition of naked short selling, as it moves closer to introducing securities lending
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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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Citi has expanded its securities lending operations in the US
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The firm is alleged to have entered into millions of short sale orders without grounds to believe that the securities could be borrowed and delivered
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BlackRock says it is focused on driving down costs in the face of challenging markets
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Despite a December decline, OCC’s annual securities lending activity was up on 2010
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The National Settlement Depository has concluded its first ‘settlement repo’ transaction as a securities lending agent
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In testing economic times keeping clients informed of market developments is the key issue for those engaged in securities lending, according to participants in the 2011 beneficial owners roundtable
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The ban on certain financial instruments had been in place since 2008
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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