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J.P. Morgan offers sec lending services in Malaysia
12 June 2012 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services is the first international lender in the Malaysian market to offer a securities lending product, it said...

Clearstream’s sec lending rises five percent
08 June 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding at Clearstream in May 2012 reached €579.2 billion...

J.P. Morgan must pay out to AFTRA
08 June 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A Manhattan judge approved J.P Morgan’s $150 million settlement of a lawsuit over losses from the bank’s securities lending programme...

Kellner rebrands and launches new fund
07 June 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hedge fund manager Kellner DiLeo & Company has been reorganised and renamed as Kellner Capital. It has also launched a new event-driven investment fund...

UK sues EU over plans to ban short selling
07 June 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer has filed a lawsuit against the EU in a bid to stop it giving ESMA the power to limit or to ban short selling in an emergency...

Pirum expands London team
06 June 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Pirum Systems has strengthened its London team with the appointment of Tony Holland as business development manager. He moves to Pirum from Russell Investments...

Credit Suisse moves Asia prime services head to London
06 June 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Kevin Meehan, former head of prime services for Asia Pacific at Credit Suisse, will be moved to London from Hong Kong later this summer to act as global head of prime fund services...

Singapore Exchange’s SBL programme totals $20.3 million
06 June 2012 Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Daily average outstanding loans under the securities borrowing and lending programme at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) totalled $20.29 million (S$26.1 million), up 31 percent from a year earlier...

OCC scores May 2012 clearing increase
04 June 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC's stock loan programme had an average daily notional value of $32,519,734,680...

Finadium releases counterparty default indemnification report
01 June 2012 Massachusetts
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities and investment research firm Finadium has released a research report on the future of counterparty default indemnification in securities lending programmes...

Eurex Clearing partners with seven for new clearing service
31 May 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley will all support the launch of EurexOTC Clear for IRS...

Paladyne helps clients to meet Hong Kong SFC’s short requirements
31 May 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The SFC rules come into effect on 18 June. The first reporting day will be 22 June and the reporting deadline will be 26 June...