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OCC records high stock loan activity
02 August 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Options Clearing Corporation’s year-to-date stock loan activity is up 41 percent from 2015, with more than 1.9 million new loan transactions so far in 2016...

Exclusive: Pascal Morosini leaves Clearstream
01 August 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Clearstream global head of securities financing sales Pascal Morosini has resigned from his position...

EquiLend acquires AQS
01 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EquiLend has acquired Automated Equity Finance Markets, commonly known as AQS, paving the way for "unprecedented access to central clearing services"...

Exclusive: Barnard leaves RBS
01 August 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Royal Bank of Scotland’s head of equity financing and derivatives, Mark Barnard, has left the bank as it continues to wind down its equity derivatives business...

Ross Levin moves to tech firm
01 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Ross Levin has joined Pleeco, a financial technology firm in New York...

J.P. Morgan bolsters investor services team
29 July 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan has continued its recent recruitment drive by luring away another senior figure from Quintillion to join its investor services business...

KCG expands in Europe with Neonet acquisition
29 July 2016 Stockholm
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

KCG Holdings, the US securities trading firm, is expanding its presence in Europe with the acquisition of Neonet Securities, an independent execution service provider based in Stockholm...

Stephen Malekian takes up role at Elixium
28 July 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Stephen Malekian has joined Elixium as head of US business development...

ESRB assesses risks in sizeable EU market
28 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The total outstanding value of EU securities on loan reached €501 billion at the end of 2015, the European Systemic Risk Board has reported...

Tesla’s ambition drives shorting
27 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Household names in technology and manufacturing dominated the FIS Astec Analytics Hot Stocks list for the the week beginning 18 July...

Short sellers double down on Nintendo
27 July 2016 Kyoto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

After a sluggish start, short sellers are making up for lost time by quickly building their positions in Nintendo’s stock, with short interest rocketing up more than 400 percent in the past week, according to S3 Blacklight...

New mandate for Euroclear-DTCC collaboration
27 July 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Northern Trust has adopted the margin settlement service offering of GlobalCollateral, the joint venture between Euroclear and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation...