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BlackRock contests plumbers and pipefitters lawsuit
05 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A lawsuit from two pension plans had landed BlackRock’s securities lending scheme in trouble, after it was alleged that the asset management firm had taken revenue out of investors’ hands...

Eurex witness single stock increase and repo decline
04 February 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Eurex Group has released its January 2013 figures, which show an increase in equity derivatives but a decrease in repo...

CIMB Securities Australia turns on Broadridge solution
04 February 2013 Sydney
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

CIMB Securities Australia has gone live with Broadridge’s broker client accounting solution, SUMMIT, for its Australian investment banking business...

Securities lending CCP activities up for OCC
04 February 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Total cleared contract volume in January reached 365,027,878 contracts for OCC. This represents an 8 percent increase from the January 2012 volume of 337,222,938 contracts...

The Salvation Army versus BNY Mellon continues
01 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit from The Salvation Army that claims BNY Mellon mismanaged its assets by investing the collateral used for securities lending in risky mortgage backed securities...

Spain in short selling move
01 February 2013 Madrid
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Spain’s financial markets regulator has lifted its ban on short selling as markets rally...

A slew of feedback for the FSB
31 January 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Seventy different firms and associations have crafted replies to the Financial Stability Board's (FSB's) 2012 consultative documents on strengthening oversight and regulation of shadow banking...

Beneficial owner conference: absolute regulation disrupts absolutely
31 January 2013 New Orleans
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The IMN Beneficial Owners’ International Securities Lending Conference had to compete with Mardi Gras and the run-up to the Super Bowl for its attendees’ attention...

Short selling extension continues for Greece
30 January 2013 Athens
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) has decided to once again extend its ban on short selling for a further three months, effective from 1 February...

ISLA names Andrew Dyson as new COO
28 January 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has appointed Andrew Dyson to the newly created role of chief operating officer starting in March 2013...

Exclusives are the bright spark amidst cowed volumes
28 January 2013 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Client auctions in 2012 represented some of the highest revenue generating auctions in the firm’s history, announced eSecLending in a release...

Management changes up at Eurex Repo and Bonds
25 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Group announced management changes at both Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds GmbH...