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Heavy shorts in retail sector, miners ahead of earnings season
10 October 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Data Explorers analysis shows increased short selling activity for miners and retailers ahead of what is predicted to be another disappointing earnings season...

Hong Kong regulators deny market declines a result of short selling
09 October 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Anna Reitman

There is no indication that recent declines in the Hong Kong stock market have been caused by short selling activities, says capital markets regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)...

Citi to provide securities lending to AGF
09 October 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Citi Global Transaction Services has announced that it has recently implemented securities lending services for AGF's retail mutual funds in Canada...

Data Explorers securities lending data available from Direct Edge
06 October 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Data Explorers daily securities lending data available from Direct Edge.....

Eurex reports September volumes
05 October 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

In September 2011, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 12.4 million contracts (Sep 2010: 9.9 million)...

Merlin upgrades compass
05 October 2011 San Francisco
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Merlin Securities has released the next generation of Merlin Compass. Merlin Compass 2.0 is a real-time portfolio analytics application that incorporates the latest trading and risk tools and provides hedge fund managers with......

HazelTree to expand North American operations
05 October 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Daniel Osborne tapped to lead West Coast office as company gears up to meet growing demand for Treasury Suite and other software solutions......

4sight enhances collateral management system
05 October 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

4sight Financial Software adds new features to its collateral management system Xpose.......

OneChicago security futures dip, SSFs up in September
04 October 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago has announced that a total of 182,157 security futures contracts were traded in September, down from over 500,000 the previous month...

Johns joins Trading Apps
04 October 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Trading Apps has appointed Darren Johns as non-executive Director.

OCC 's stock loan program drops slightly
03 October 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's stock loan program, including OTC and AQS, saw new loan activity fall one percent in September compared to the same month last year with 58,614 new loan transactions...

Industry bends ESMA's ear on ETFs - Morningstar
03 October 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The funds industry is weighing in on proposed guidelines for transparency by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on ETF securities lending transactions, reports Morningstar...