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Two US broker barred for fraud
28 October 2015 Connecticut
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Two US brokers have been barred from practicing and fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding customers and sharing personal order information for financial gain...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
28 October 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled its list of the most desirable stocks for securities lending for the week beginning 26 October...

Study finds strength in options users
27 October 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Options users are passionate, active investors who are more likely to increase their options activity than their trading of either stocks or bonds over the next year, according to a new study by Harris Poll...

ETFs’ AUM nipping at the heels of mutual funds
27 October 2015 Jersey City
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Domestic assets under management for US exchange-traded funds have grown by 6.1 percent from August 2014 to 2015, according to a new Pershing report...

Solid as a BlackRock
26 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

BlackRock’s Q3 securities lending revenue stood firm year over year but fell $32 million below the previous quarter...

NSE to launch ETF products to boost liquidity
26 October 2015 Nairobi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Nairobi Securities Exchange is preparing to launch with exchange-traded fund and derivatives add-ons...

State Street sees sec finance revenue fall in Q3
23 October 2015 Massachusetts
Reporter: Drew Nicol

State Street’s securities finance revenue fell 27.1 percent in Q3, although it did beat the previous year’s results...

US sec lending dwarfs next nine markets combined
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US securities lending market is nearly twice as big as the next nine largest markets combined, according to DataLend’s latest report...

Moody’s: Bond volatility affecting asset managers
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers are becoming more exposed to disruption in secondary credit market liquidity as investment banks reduce their exposure to volatility in the bond markets, according to Moody’s Investors Service...

Market volatility a boon for sec lending
23 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US market’s recent slump has allowed short sellers to return to the market in levels not seen for several years, according to Markit’s latest data...

Tred McIntire retiring from Goldman Sachs
22 October 2015 Boston
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Mark Whipple and Chris Bodner will succeed Tred McIntire when he retires from Goldman Sachs in February 2016...

SEC appoints two new associate directors
22 October 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed two new associate directors to its clearing and settlement office...