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Hainsby departs Jefferies International
20 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Ray Hainsby has left his position as managing director and head of EMEA securities finance at Jefferies International Limited...

Health care hedge investment on the up
20 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Hedge funds are moving towards health care stocks and away from the technology sector, according to the S&P Capital IQ quarterly hedge fund tracker...

New UK executive for ABN AMRO Bank
19 August 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ABN AMRO Bank has appointed Robbert Booij to the position of country executive for the UK, and general manager of the UK branch...

Markit’s most shorted
19 August 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Short sellers are circling large retailers in North America ahead of earnings announcements, according to Markit...

Exclusive: Kunkle joins BMO Global Asset Management
17 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Christopher Kunkle has joined BMO Global Asset Management as managing director, it can be exclusively revealed...

Northern Trust chosen to serve City of Tallahassee
14 August 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Global bank Northern Trust has been chosen by the City of Tallahassee to serve as global custodian for its $2.1 billion in assets.

Securities lending revenue boom for Hong Kong
14 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hong Kong is enjoying a surge in lending revenues that has made the Asian jurisdiction the third largest equity lending market, behind the US and Germany, according to recent Markit data...

Hong Kong Stock Exchange securities list updated
13 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited is revising its listed securities for short selling to add 76 and remove 11 existing securities, effective 14 August...

Mixed figures for Clearstream
13 August 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream’s global securities financing business registered a 3 percent dip in its monthly average outstanding for June 2015...

Markit secures purchase of CoreOne Technologies
12 August 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial information provider Markit has acquired CoreOne Technologies, a global provider of regulatory reporting index management, data management and prime brokerage services...

Markit’s most shorted
11 August 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Tidewater, Bilfinger and Vanke are among the most shorted companies according to Markit's latest global data...

CSDR will damage securities lending market, says ISLA
11 August 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Securities Lending Association “fundamentally disagrees” with the Central Securities Depository Regulation’s implementation of mandatory buy-ins for securities lending transactions...