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SEC chair White to step down with Obama
15 November 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White is stepping down at the end of the Obama administration...

Lombard Risk bolsters APAC team
15 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Lombard Risk Management has reinforced its product and sales teams in the Asia Pacific with three new hires...

Australian exec calls for short selling ban
15 November 2016 Sydney
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The outspoken executive chair of Australian retail chain Harvey-Norman has blamed a short selling conspiracy for spreading malicious rumours and called for a ban on the practice...

T2S user trio launch network platform
15 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Target2-Securities participants will soon be able to utilise a ‘single point of access model’ with enhanced collateral pooling and post-trade services, through a new collaborative network model set to launch in 2017...

Elixium imbues post-trade connectivity with Pirum
14 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Recently launched trading platform Elixium and Pirum Systems are collaborating to provide post-trade connectivity to their clients...

OTC derivative reform opens the door for SWFs
14 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sovereign wealth funds are in a unique position to plug gaps in the securities lending and repo markets left by regulatory reform in the over-the-counter derivatives space, according to BNY Mellon...

Sec lending liquidity concern for beneficial owner
14 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US beneficial owner MetLife has cited liquidity risks relating to its securities lending programme as one of the potential hurdles that could scupper its plans for a $3 billion common stock repurchase initiative...

Gun stocks give short sellers bang for their bucks
11 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US gun maker Smith & Wesson has seen its share price tumble in the wake of the shock victory of Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election...

New sec lending fintech launches
11 November 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A new securities lending-focused fintech firm is hoping to “reinvent” the market...

India’s pension system to enter securities lending
11 November 2016 New Delhi
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

India’s Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority is seeking feedback on a proposal to allow the country’s National Pension System to begin participating in securities lending...

GSF down for Clearstream in October
11 November 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s global securities financing volume fell by 14 percent in October...

South Korea hardens short selling standards
10 November 2016 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

South Korea’s financial authority has pledged to bolster its short selling and disclosure regulations in a bid to reinforce investor protection.