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BlackRock reports Q4 revenue rise
13 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BlackRock earned securities lending revenue of $138 million in Q4 2016, securing a million-dollar increase over the same period in 2015...

Deja vu for energy short sellers
13 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The energy and manufacturing sectors recaptured short sellers’ imaginations last week in a move that echoes the oil rout of Q1 2016, which provided rich pickings for the bears...

SFTR RTS expected in Q4
12 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The final draft of the regulatory technical standards of the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation is not expected to be released until Q4 2017, according to International Securities Lending Association...

EXCLUSIVE: The Field Effect snaps up Barnard
11 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Specialist consultancy firm The Field Effect has appointed Mark Barnard as a senior consultant...

Bloomberg builds collateral management platform
11 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bloomberg's MARS Collateral Management solution has secured HSBC Private Bank and more than a dozen corporations and financial institutions as clients...

ICMA: ECB sec lending must expand
11 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Capital Market Association has reaffirmed its calls for the European Central Bank to expand its securities lending facility in response to the extension of the central bank’s asset purchase programme...

Hong Kong trader spared jail for shorting violation
09 January 2017 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A Hong Kong-based trader has avoided jail after being reprimanded for uncovered short selling violations...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

SEC settles first-of-its-kind shorting suit
06 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a first-of-its-kind cease-and-desist proceedings against the senior management of Wilson-Davis & Co, a Utah-based broker-dealer, for short selling violations...

December blues fail to dampen OneChicago's 2016
05 January 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago has posted its fifth consecutive record-breaking year for trading volumes, beating its 2015 target by 6 percent...

TD Securities finalises acquisition of AF&Co
04 January 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TD Securities has completed its acquisition of securities lending technology platform Albert Fried & Company...

OCC ends 2016 with strong growth
04 January 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC saw an increase of 29 percent in new loans in December, ending a year of consistent growth in its securities lending central counterparty activities on a high...