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Short sellers target Macau casinos
27 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Short sellers have been taking advantage of the downturn in fortune of Macau’s casinos and overall slowdown of China’s economy, according to research from Markit...

Illinois court allows Teamsters case to continue
25 March 2015 Illinois
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A district court has allowed a case to proceed that accuses BNY Mellon of violations of ERISA in connection with investments and decisions made by the bank in the administration of a securities lending programme...

ESMA in a pickle over buy-ins
25 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The mandatory buy-in regime present in the CSDR is “an interesting conundrum” for the ESMA, according to chair Steven Maijoor...

Japan updates sec lending facility
23 March 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Bank of Japan is to implement a number of operational changes to its securities lending facilities in order to ease stress in the Japanese government security market...

Year-on-year decrease for BM&FBovespa
19 March 2015 São Paulo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Securities lending revenue in Q4 of 2014 reached $6.2 million at Brazilian central counterparty (CCP) BM&FBovespa...

Changes to derivatives margin requirements delayed
19 March 2015 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Changes for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives will be delayed by nine months, the Basel Committee and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have agreed...

4sight software enhances support for ALD
18 March 2015 Edinburgh
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Financial software company 4sight has developed new support for the agency lending disclosure (ALD) process, allowing borrowers to reconcile the trades booked in 4sight Securities Finance (4SF) against what is booked in the lending agent’s system..

Clearstream and ICE collaborate on collateral
18 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream and ICE Clear Europe are collaborating to create a tri-party margin collateral management service, linking the London-based CCP to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
18 March 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 9 March 2015...

Cantor Fitzgerald adds two more from Cowen
16 March 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Daniel Gee and Marylou Carluccio have joined Rory Zirpolo at Cantor Fitzgerald...

Clearstream sees increases across the board
13 March 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) business reached a monthly average outstanding of €629.5 billion in February...

Lombard Risk enhances Colline
13 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Lombard Risk Management’s collateral management, clearing, inventory management and optimisation solution, Colline, now supports margin requirements on non-centrally cleared derivatives...