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Vietnam's State Bank urged to adjust securities lending policies
17 February 2012 Hanoi
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Vietnam's financial regulator, the State Securities Commission (SSC), has asked the State Bank of Vietnam to adjust its policies towards securities lending, with SSC chairman Vu Bang claiming the activity should not be classified as "non-productive:

New twist in Gerova short selling conspiracy case
17 February 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Another court decision has gone against a man involved in a convoluted tale of short selling conspiracies and fraud....

Short sellers target love
14 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Online dating providers with easily replicable business models and tenuous outcomes have attracted interest from short sellers, reports Data Explorers...

France and Belgium lift short selling bans
13 February 2012 Paris
Reporter: Anna Reitman

French and Belgian financial regulators have announced that short selling bans on selected stocks will not be extended...

Illinois state agency considers third party options
13 February 2012 Springfield
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) has announced it is seeking proposals from outside vendors in a bid to boost its securities lending returns...

Penson appoints new independent director
13 February 2012 Dallas
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Penson's board of directors has announced the appointment of Robert Basso as independent director...

Securities lending pops up at AFME liquidity conference
09 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Securities lending operations and repo markets need to "come back" to successfully deleverage the system as a whole, said a leading economist at AFME's European Market Liquidity Conference in London...

Quadriserv appoints joint CEOs
08 February 2012 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Pasquale Cestaro and Bruce Turner have been named co-chief executive officers of Quadriserv and and members of the firm's board of directors...

Clearstream GSF services up 8% in January
07 February 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Global Securities Financing (GSF) Services at Clearstream lifted eight per cent year-on-year, reaching €594 billion monthly average outstanding in the first month this year...

Chiuch moves up as Coxon leaves securities lending role
07 February 2012 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Robert Chiuch has been appointed global head of equity finance at BNY Mellon, while Rob Coxon has moved on within the bank and is no longer involved in securities lending...

ESMA securities lending draft "lacks specifics"
06 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

New requirements for securities lending practices introduced by European financial markets watchdog, ESMA, come up short on details, according to Morningstar...

Mixed bag for securities lending in M&A trends
06 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Global economic uncertainty and regulatory change will continue to impact M&A in the coming year, according to the latest trends insights by Clifford Chance...