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PASLA: Regulators still in the dark on shadow banking
02 March 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

National regulators are beginning to introduce rules to tackle shadow banking but their priorities and timing differ, according to Paul Landless, partner at Clifford Chance...

OCC sees 54 percent rise in new loans
02 March 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Options Clearing Corporation’s securities lending central counterparty registered 150,326 transactions last month, up 54 percent in new loans from February 2015...

Waddington takes sec finance role at State Street
02 March 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Simon Waddington has left RBC Investor & Treasury Services to join State Street as head of business development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa securities finance...

4sight opens New York office
01 March 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

4sight Financial Software has opened a new office in New York, in response to increased demand, and several new mandates, in North America...

PASLA: Pushback on regulation begins
01 March 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Confidence in the Basel Committee’s recommended regulatory framework is being tested by several member states and senior financial figures, according to one PASLA/RMA conference panel...

Canadian early warning system exempts sec lending
29 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lending transactions have been exempted from changes to Canada’s early warning system in certain circumstances, the Canadian Securities Administrators has confirmed...

Brexit could threaten LSE–Deutsche Börse merger
26 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The potential merger of the London Stock Exchange and German exchange operator Deutsche Börse “would be put at risk” if the UK decides to leave the EU...

FIS hot stocks: 15 Feb
26 February 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology, medical and energy were some of the most shorted sectors in the past week, according to FIS Astec Analytics...

EXCLUSIVE: CIBC Mellon appoints new global head of sec lending
26 February 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CIBC Mellon has appointed Lisa Tomada as global head of securities lending, following the promotion of Jeffrey Alexander...

Hong Kong’s SFC expands scope of short reporting
25 February 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will broaden short selling reporting rules to cover all securities that can be sold short through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...

DC Circuit refuses to delay OCC's approval
25 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The DC Circuit has denied a motion to delay approval of OCC's capital plan, paving the way for the payment of refunds and dividends to shareholder stock exchanges and clearing members totalling $291.5 million...

IOSCO establish Asia Pacific hub
23 February 2016 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The first regional office of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions is set to open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...