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OCC ends 2016 with strong growth
04 January 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC saw an increase of 29 percent in new loans in December, ending a year of consistent growth in its securities lending central counterparty activities on a high...

Abu Dhabi Exchange to launch shorting platform
03 January 2017 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange is set to introduce a short selling service early in 2017...

Lutz Diederichs joins BNP Paribas in Germany
03 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas has appointed Lutz Diederichs to take over the role of group head of Germany and chairman of the group management board in the country...

Norway's regulator unable to take new shorting data
03 January 2017 Oslo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norwegian short sellers are currently unable to fulfil new short selling disclosure requirements due to the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority website experiencing ‘technical problems’...

Euronext offers €510m for LSEG’s LCH.Clearnet SA
03 January 2017 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euronext has placed an irrevocable all-cash offer for the London Stock Exchange Group’s majority stake in LCH.Clearnet SA, the French arm of LCH.Clearnet Group...

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse pay for RMBS
23 December 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The US Department of Justice has agreed settlements with Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse over the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities worth more than $10 billion, and brought civil charges against Barclays...

Eurex poaches fresh talent for derivatives
22 December 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse’s has appointed two new senior product development personnel for its Eurex derivatives segment...

Russia’s NSD to launch new repo collateral service
22 December 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russia’s National Settlement Depository, in collaboration with Bloomberg, is testing a new collateral management service for over-the-counter repo transactions...

Deutsche Börse builds stake in Tradegate
22 December 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Börse is increasing its stake in Tradegate, a securities trading bank, to almost 20 percent...

ICMA bolsters membership ahead of 2017
21 December 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The International Capital Market Association has added 45 new members to its ranks, taking its total to 521...

2016 a banner year for lending
21 December 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Political upheaval, energy sector disruption and a crop of consistently high-earning shorting targets has helped to make 2016 a “banner year” for securities lending...

BOJ holds steady on monetary policy for 2017
20 December 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Bank of Japan has committed to maintaining its overnight interest rate at -0.1 percent and hold 10-year bond yields at zero percent going into 2017...