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China opens up short selling for select brokerages
28 February 2013 Shanghai
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

China is expanding its short selling programme to allow brokerages to borrow shares from institutional investors, according to reports...

Staunton bags BNY Mellon role
27 February 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Brian Staunton is joining BNY Mellon’s global collateral services business on 18 March. He will be based in London and will report to Ross Whitehill...

Albert Fried & Company recruits for new CTO position
26 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Albert Fried & Company has hired Carl Lang for the newly created position of chief technology officer, following the arrivals of Salvatore Cangialosi, Vincent Avena and Paul Stegmann...

HSBC makes Roy Zimmerhansl global head of securities lending
25 February 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Roy Zimmerhansl will become global head of securities lending at HSBC Securities Services on 1 March. He will report to John van Verre, head of global custody and treasury services...

CACEIS to help UCTIS fund managers with ESMA compliance
25 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

CACEIS has honed its collateral management services for UCITS fund managers in the wake of ESMA's consolidated guidelines on exchange-traded funds and other UCITS issues and repo and reverse repo agreements...

Hong Kong exchange adds and removes short sale securities
22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Almost 30 securities will be added and six existing securities will be removed from the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

Robeco recruits Jeff Coyle for HK lending desk
22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Asset manager Robeco has chosen Jeff Coyle to replace Zubair Nizami as head of its securities lending desk in Hong Kong...

4Q 2012 saw surge in M&A, say mergermarket
21 February 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A lull in European dealmaking in the first nine months of 2012 was offset by a surge of M&A in the fourth quarter, with volumes up by 5.4 percent and value up by 88.9 percent...

ICMA backs development of Russian repo market
20 February 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a legal opinion on the validity of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) in Russia...

Cantor Fitzgerald toughens up on prime services
20 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co said that its prime services division will add a new electronic "security locate" system with external connectivity to its existing prime brokerage platform...

BCS’ prime brokerage division chooses QuantHouse
18 February 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Trading solutions provider QuantHouse has partnered up with the European arm of Russian financial institution BCS Financial Group to launch low latency market data for MICEX-RTS, Russia’s main equity market...

Rule Financial appoints Emily Cates to domain team
18 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Rule Financial has hired Emily Cates as principal consultant in its domain group. She will be based in the firm's London office...