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Playtime's over for Mattel
12 October 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Toymaker Mattel has increasingly attracted the attention of short sellers in the US since the end of 2014, according to Markit...

Vietnam considering short selling
09 October 2015 Hanoi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Vietnam's two stock exchanges may soon allow short selling activity to begin, according to media reports...

US SEC supports T+2 settlement cycle
08 October 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

An industry coalition has welcomed a letter from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting the move to a two-day settlement cycle in the US...

Irish UCITS reform streamlines repo and sec lending
07 October 2015 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Central Bank of Ireland has simplified its requirements for UCITS funds...

ECB opts for STOXX EUR GC Pooling index
06 October 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank will now use Deutsche Börse Group’s STOXX EUR GC Pooling index as its new benchmark rate for fixed term deposits, following the discontinuation of the Eurepo index...

OCC sees sec lending up by almost a third
06 October 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

New loan activity in OCC’s securities lending central counterparty increased 29 percent in September compared to the same month in 2014...

ECB’s quantitative easing policy hits Eurex’s repo clearing
05 October 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo recorded an average outstanding volume of €147 billion in all markets for September due to the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, according to Eurex Clearing trading statistics...

Final two FinTution sec lending courses left for 2015
05 October 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

FinTution, in partnership with the International Securities Lending Association, has provided high-level tutorials for new entrants to the securities lending industry all over Europe since 2011...

BSC enters US market with broker-dealer acquisition
05 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The BSC Financial Group has acquired Alforma Capital Markets, the New York-based subsidiary of Alfa-Bank...

Exclusive: Euroclear settles ahead of tribunal
05 October 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear has settled with former employee Saheed Awan ahead of an employment tribunal...

AI takes over ISDA CSA data extraction
02 October 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

CloudMargin has partnered with RAVN Systems to apply an artificial intelligence platform to the extraction of data from collateral agreements...

Volume down in September at OneChicago
02 October 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago’s volume in September was down 29 percent year-over-year to 964,510, according to the securities finance exchange, although it did increase 14 percent over the previous quarter...