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EU confirms CCP parity for six markets
09 January 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Commission has recognised the regulatory standard of central counterparties based in six global markets as being EU equivalent...

Northern Trust expands capital markets team
09 January 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has expanded its global capital markets team with the appointment of Craig Blackbourn as head of transition management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

SEC settles first-of-its-kind shorting suit
06 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a first-of-its-kind cease-and-desist proceedings against the senior management of Wilson-Davis & Co, a Utah-based broker-dealer, for short selling violations...

Cantor taps Jain for president
05 January 2017 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Cantor Fitzgerald has bolstered its senior leadership with the addition of former Deutsche Bank co-CEO Anshu Jain as president...

TSX Venture's NEX Group sees repo growth in 2016
05 January 2017 Vancouver
Reporter: Drew Nicol

NEX Group beat difficult market conditions in Europe to report an 8 percent increase in its EU repo volumes for December...

December blues fail to dampen OneChicago's 2016
05 January 2017 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago has posted its fifth consecutive record-breaking year for trading volumes, beating its 2015 target by 6 percent...

Eurex Clearing ends 2016 on a high
04 January 2017 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing’s repo volume increased by 2.6 percent in December...

TD Securities finalises acquisition of AF&Co
04 January 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

TD Securities has completed its acquisition of securities lending technology platform Albert Fried & Company...

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’...