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Greece extends short selling ban
06 November 2012 Athens
Reporter: Jenna Jones

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

Eurex to launch securities lending CCP service
05 November 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Eurex Clearing will launch Europe’s first central counterparty (CCP) service for the bilateral securities lending market, in partnership with Pirum Systems and Clearstream Banking...

Standard Chartered appoints Alan Naughton and Andrew Hempshall
05 November 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Standard Chartered has appointed Alan Naughton as global product head of investors & intermediaries, transaction banking, and Andrew Hempshall as global head of solution delivery & service, investors & intermediaries, transaction banking...

J.P. Morgan makes EMEA prime brokerage appointment
05 November 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

J.P. Morgan has recruited David Clarkson to lead its prime brokerage operation in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)...

OCC's securities lending activity up 31 percent
02 November 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) securities lending CCP activities saw a 31 percent increase in new loans from October 2011 with 77,292 transactions in October...

FINRA approves Cowen’s KDC acquisition
01 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

A source has confirmed that the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has approved Cowen Group's purchase of KDC Securities from Kellner Capital...

Collateral quality equal to cost
01 November 2012 Osaka
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Almost all of the respondents to a Six Securities Services survey believe that the quality and cost of collateral should be given equal consideration...

OneChicago marks OCX.NoDivRisk's birthday
30 October 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago has celebrated the second-year anniversary of its exchange-traded equity finance product, OCX.NoDivRisk...

Swiss Life Asset Management selects SGSS
29 October 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Swiss Life Asset Management has chosen Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) to provide securities services for 60 investment funds totaling €5.5 billion of AUM...

J.P. Morgan offers daily portfolio reconciliation
29 October 2012 Osaka
Reporter: Jenna Jones

J.P. Morgan’s Agency Clearing, Collateral Management and Execution (ACCE) business has introduced daily portfolio reconciliation for its derivatives collateral management clients...

Callan hires Kinoshita
26 October 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Callan has recruited Mark Kinoshita as vice president to accommodate the demand for its trust, custody and securities lending services...

Aetna opts for OpenLend
25 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Healthcare benefit company Aetna has selected Citi’s OpenLend platform to provide it with securities lending services...