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Weaver joins Citadel
24 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Ex-BlackRock head of securities lending Michael Weaver has resurfaced as COO of Citadel Surveyor Capital...

Hong Kong slaps Morgan Stanley with $2.4 million fine
24 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morgan Stanley has been fined USD 2.4 million by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for “internal control failures”, including inadequate disclosure of short selling orders...

OFR: agent lenders have a $1 trillion stake
24 August 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Office of Financial Research has taken another step towards achieving its goal of better quantifying the securities lending market with the publication its 2015 pilot industry survey results...

EXCLUSIVE: Hutchings returns as new COO of ISLA
22 August 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Mark Hutchings has been appointed as the International Securities Lending Association’s (ISLA) new COO following the promotion of Andrew Dyson to CEO...

Singapore sees short selling slide
19 August 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Demand to borrow Singapore’s STI index listed shares has fallen by 27 percent after a spike in average shorting interest in February, according to IHS Markit...

Short sellers find new target in Europe
19 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers continued to press their latest target LivaNova, while old favourites Tesla Motors and IMAX China Holdings held their tops positions in the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week beginning 8 August...

SASLA names Juanita Taylor as new chair
19 July 2016 Johannesburg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Standard Bank’s Juanita Taylor has taken over as chair of the South African Securities Lending Association...

Northern Trust opens Australian sec lending shop
18 August 2016 Sydney
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Northern Trust has established a securities lending trading desk in Australia...

New tax advisory consultancy launches
18 August 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hansuke Consulting focuses on tax advice for the securities finance industry...

Clearstream’s GSF saw 10 percent fall in July
17 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Clearstream’s global securities finance service experienced a 10 percent drop in volume outstanding between July 2015 and 2016...

China approves new Stock Connect
17 August 2016 Beijing
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

China has approved the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme, paving the way for a better-regulated stock market...

Exclusive: Saurabh Seth leaves Barclays
16 August 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Saurabh Seth has left the Barclays investment bank business, according to multiple sources...