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Dubai Financial Market launches short selling
18 December 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Dubai Financial Market has launched a regulated short selling service after gaining approval by the Securities and Commodities Authority

SIFMA: US market requires improved CCP access
15 December 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Dodd-Frank Act has increased the need for US firms to have access to non US swaps trading venues and central counterparties, according to paper by FIA and SIFMA

France raises spectre of European financial transactions tax
15 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

French President Emmanuel Macron and several ministers have dismissed concerns over the negative effect of an EU financial transactions tax on securities lending revenue

SMEs to face new research costs under MIFID II
14 December 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Research services for SMEs will no longer be free of charge when MiFID II comes into force on 3 January 2018

Hedge funds in sprint finish for record-breaking returns in 2017
14 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge funds are on track for their best annual revenue since 2013 with average returns of 7.7 percent, according to eVestment research

Jeroen Bakker leaves HSBC
13 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Jeroen Bakker has left his role as director of marketing and exclusives manager for the securities borrowing and lending sector at HSBC

Malaysia begins Islamic stock lending
13 December 2017 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The introduction of Islamic stock lending aims to provide a Shariah-compliant alternative to the securities borrowing and lending negotiated transaction framework

State Street positive in 2018 global outlook
12 December 2017 Boston
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

State Street Global Advisors predicted a trend rate of 3.7 percent in 2018

Pirum and Stonewain collaborate on near real-time services
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Pirum has completed an upgrade of the standard interfaces to and from Stonewain’s Spire securities finance platform, enabling “near real-time services” for mutual clients

ITI Capital bolsters securities finance team
11 December 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alasdair Sutherland has taken on a new securities finance role at ITI Capital

Natixis and BHF-Bank consider equity market deal
11 December 2017 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Natixis and BHF-Bank are to consider a long-term partnership in an effort to gain market shares in continental Europe

NSD working with Sberbank on triparty repo transactions
08 December 2017 Moscow
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Sberbank is using the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository (CSD), to provide collateral management services for interdealer repo transactions, backed by NSD’s triparty services