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Borrowers becoming increasingly picky
26 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Risk-weighted asset ratings under Basel III are dictating the attractiveness of lenders’ assets, heard attendees of the Finadium Investors in Securities Lending Conference in London

Tesla may finally break its shorting cycle
26 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers have been consistently closing positions, reducing their exposure to Tesla by some 16 percent, since 20 March

State Street taps Sporn for enhanced custody team
26 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sporn brings 15 years of securities lending experience to State Street’s enhanced custody team

New faces on DTCC board of directors
25 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC has appointed four new members to its board of directors

NEX Group pairs ENSO and RSRCHX for MiFID II solution
25 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The NEX Group's ENSO, a centralised treasury management solution for the buy side, is set to expand its broker vote tool to include research consumption for the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

Saudi Arabia kicks off securities lending
24 April 2017 Riyadh
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Saudi Arabia has fired the starting gun on its securities lending and covered short selling markets as the country shifts from a T+0 to a T+2 settlement cycle to aid global market alignment

HQLA stuck in the pipes, says European Central Bank
24 April 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The market’s troubles were revealed as part of the ECB’s quarterly qualitative survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities finance and OTC derivatives markets

Trading Apps bolsters US client support team
21 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Trading Apps responds to strong US client growth with fresh hires

Pascal Morosini resurfaces as CEO of new regtech platform
21 April 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Former Clearstream global head of securities financing sales Pascal Morosini has resurfaced as CEO of new regtech platform i-Hub

BNY Mellon suffers Q1 blip
21 April 2017 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon’s securities lending revenue hit $49 million in Q1 2017. This was down from the previous quarter’s revenue of $54 million

Borussia Dortmund bomber was shorting club shares, claims German prosecutor
21 April 2017 Dortmund
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A Borussia Dortmund bombing suspect has been accused of attempting to profit from the attack through shorting shares in the German football club

Hedge fund revenue hits 2013 highs
20 April 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The hedge fund industry has recorded its best opening quarter of a year since 2013