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Clearstream sees GSF volume shortfall in 2016
18 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing average outstanding volume fell by 14 percent in 2016...

Brexit bears still in hibernation
18 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short interest in shares across the FTSE 350 is at a three-month low, while UK equities are boasting their longest positive streak on record, according to IHS Markit...

DTCC recruits West for compliance
17 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointment of Derek West as chief compliance officer for its European global trade repository business...

EXCLUSIVE: Pirum secures Faulkner as director
17 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Post-trade services provider Pirum Systems has appointed Data Explorers founder Mark Faulkner to its board as a non-executive director...

Australia doubles down (under) on reporting
17 January 2017 Perth
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Australia's financial regulator is considering two new reporting standards for securities lending and repo transactions in order to maintain global regulatory parity...

Deutsche Asset Management expands lending activity
16 January 2017 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Deutsche Asset Management is expanding its securities lending activity through its sub-funds as part of a significant overhaul of its investment strategy...

Ex-Pershing sec lending chief joins Solium
16 January 2017 Calgary
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Australian financial software provider Solium Capital has appointed former Pershing Securities Australia COO Paul Le Roy as president of Solium Australia...

ITG fined for sec lending violations
16 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has fined broker ITG more than $24.4 million for securities lending violations relating to the facilitation of naked short selling...

Brazil sees sec lending volumes build in 2016
16 January 2017 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazilian exchange BM&FBovespa saw securities lending transaction volumes worth BRL 692.74 billion (USD 215.3 billion) in 2016, up from BRL 665.73 billion (USD 206.9 billion) the year before...

FSB issues final sec lending recommendations
13 January 2017 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board has issued new recommendations for securities lending as part of its review of risks threatening asset managers...

BlackRock reports Q4 revenue rise
13 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

BlackRock earned securities lending revenue of $138 million in Q4 2016, securing a million-dollar increase over the same period in 2015...

Deja vu for energy short sellers
13 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The energy and manufacturing sectors recaptured short sellers’ imaginations last week in a move that echoes the oil rout of Q1 2016, which provided rich pickings for the bears...