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Deutsche Börse-LSEG merger blocked
29 March 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange Group

OCC clearers due $47m refund
29 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC has confirmed that its next instalment of refunds and dividends will delivered later this year

Malaysia mulls short selling expansion
29 March 2017 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Malaysia's central bank hosted a roundtable with industry participants to discuss opening up repo and short selling

Investment Association: Keep to the code
28 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK asset management-backed industry code to standardise disclosure for charges and transaction costs has recommended specific treatment for securities lending to meet national and European regulatory requirements

Deutsche AM cuts collateral margins
28 March 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Asset Management's cuts its securities lending collateral margin requirements for its db x-trackers ETFs

Subprime default spike lacks short interest
27 March 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US short sellers are uncharacteristic sluggish in responding to the large rise in subprime loan defaults related to the automotive industry

Deutsche Bank plans new HQ in London
27 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Deutsche Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a UK headquarters post-Brexit

ISLA: Liquidity aims of CMU face obstacles
24 March 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EU legislators should open up UCITS fund securities lending and pay closer attention to the lending of government bonds to meet its liquidity targets when developing the capital markets union

JCPenney in fashion for short sellers
24 March 2017 London
Reporter: Katherine Brown

FIS Astec Analytics examines its top pick for short sellers for the week starting 13 March

Securities lending gives iShares ETF the edge
24 March 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morningstar has highlighted securities lending revenues as a key feature of high-performing EU ETFs

ISLA bags ECB’s Jessé as keynote speaker
24 March 2017 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA secured the ECB's Marc Bayle de Jessé as a keynote for its conference in Berlin in June

ESMA unable to quantify haircut market risk
23 March 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Authority forced to wait for SFTR to understand the potential risk to market stability posed by the use of haircuts in SFTs