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Gottex Brokers opens US office
25 October 2012 Los Angeles
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Gottex Brokers, an interdealer broker in interest rate derivative products, has opened its first office in the US...

ESMA introduces short-selling regulation document
23 October 2012 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a question and answer document to support upcoming European short selling regulatory regime...

Spain extends short selling ban
23 October 2012 Madrid
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Spain’s regulator the CNMV has decided to extend a ban on short selling for an additional week and has submitted a proposal to ESMA to impose a further three month ban, effective from 1 November 2012...

Foley gets new role at RBC Investor Services
23 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Bill Foley has become the director of portfolio solutions for the UK and Middle East within the market products and services team at RBC Investor Services...

Pension fund picks Northern Trust for securities lending
19 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, investment accounting, securities lending and commission recapture services...

Flash crash reforms may not be enough
19 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Researchers have claimed that US ‘flash crash’ reforms will fail to avert another market meltdown unless they are coupled with new liquidity-based circuit breakers...

Securities finance dips in State Street’s Q3 2012 results
18 October 2012 Massachusetts
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

State Street's Q3 2012 results revealed securities finance revenue of $91 million, a decline of 36.4 percent from Q2 2012. But revenue was higher than it was in the same quarter in 2011...

Markit launches securities finance add-on for Factor platform
18 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Markit has released a new enhancement to Markit Data Analytics & Research’s Factor product that tracks short selling sentiment...

Shock resignation as Vikram Pandit leaves Citi
16 October 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In a surprising turn, Vikram Pandit has abruptly left Citigroup after rumours that there were clashes between him and the board over strategy...

SS&C supports collateral management with new service
16 October 2012 Connecticut
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SS&C Technologies has launched GoTrade+, an advanced, flexible middle-office service for complex investment portfolios. GoTrade+ supports post-trade activities of complex traded transactions...

Good news for BNY Mellon lawsuit
15 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Filed in July 2009, a lawsuit against BNY Mellon looks to drag on even longer after a judge recently denied a motion for class certification...

Benga Sofoluwe heads to hedge fund in London
12 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Former Deutsche Bank head of European securities lending Benga Sofoluwe has joined the hedge fund EQI Asset Management...