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Shanghai-Hong Kong stock disconnect
01 June 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Companies’ shares that rallied in the past year, particularly those rising ahead of underlying fundamentals, are coming under increased scrutiny following dramatic collapses in certain Hong Kong stocks...

UniCredit adopts Murex MX.3 solution
29 May 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UniCredit has gone live with Murex’s MX.3 solution for UniCRedit Bank Austria and eight Eastern European banks...

OCC promotes Joseph Kamnik
29 May 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Joseph Kamnik, has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at OCC has appointed, effective 1 June...

Wedbush sees comings and goings
29 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Wedbush Securities has appointed Anthony Monaco as managing director, senior vice president and head of equity finance and prime brokerage...

eSecLending expands business development team
28 May 2015 Boston
Reporter: Becky Butcher

eSecLending has appointed Erik Skulte as vice president of US business development and Nora Bowman as vice president of client relationship management...

India’s NSE adds three-month rollover
27 May 2015 Mumbai
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has introduced a rollover facility to boost participation in securities lending and borrowing...

Straight AA+ for OCC
27 May 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Equity derivatives clearing organisation Options Clearing Corp. (OCC) has retained its AA+ or ‘stable’ rating from Standard & Poor’s...

BM&FBovespa has a fruitful Q1 2015
27 May 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa saw securities lending revenue of BRL 22.2 million ($7 million) in Q1 2015, beating the same quarter in 2014 by 4.9 percent...

Mark Schilling heads to Pirum
26 May 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Pirum Systems has named Mark Schilling as its new global head of sales...

Markit’s most shorted: Abercrombie & Fitch and APAC
26 May 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Abercrombie & Fitch is attracting short interest ahead of earnings announcements, while Australian firms are among the most shorted in the Asia Pacific and China, according to Markit Securities Finance...

ENSO expands executive team
20 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Hedge funds service provider Enso Financial Analytics (ENSO) has hired Julian Pittam as head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Stephen Caplen as global COO...

Japanese e-broker signs to DataLend
20 May 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, kabu.com Securities, has signed on to DataLend for securities finance market data...