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FIS hot stocks: 21 March
31 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology, manufacturing and energy companies once again earned the most short interest during the week beginning 21 March but they are in danger because too expensive to borrow, according to the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list...

Northern Trust adds Gillingwater to sec lending team
31 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has appointed Joseph Gillingwater as head of fixed income securities lending trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific...

GFMA rejects Basel internal risk model rules
31 March 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Basel Committee of Banking Supervision (BCBS) proposal to restrict banks’ usage of internal risk models for determining credit risk is unnecessary and counterintuitive, the Global Financial Markets Association has said...

Re-energised oil market forces short sellers to cover
30 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers have covered 16 percent of positions in North American energy stocks since February, after some of the most affected energy companies begin to recover, according to Markit...

Eurex Clearing to launch new access model
30 March 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing is launching a new buy-side membership type to allow a direct contractual relationship with the clearinghouse, facilitated by a clearing agent, starting Q3...

Hong Kong SFC taps Atkinson for director
30 March 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has appointed Thomas Atkinson as executive director of enforcement for a three-year term, effective 3 May...

SIFMA: SEC’s asset management rules must change
30 March 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Important changes must be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed portfolio limits and asset segregation requirements, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has said...

REGIS-TR takes on Swiss derivatives reporting
30 March 2016 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

REGIS-TR, the European trade repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, has developed a new service for regulatory reporting under the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act...

ISLA: Regulation may force out sec lending players
29 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Growing regulatory pressure could push institutional lenders out of the securities lending market, according to the International Securities Lending Association’s latest market report...

DTCC and Digital Asset to develop repo blockchain
29 March 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The DTCC and Digital Asset Holdings, an encrypted straight-through processing solution provider, are planning to develop a distributed ledger-based solution to manage repo clearing and settlement...

FIS hot stocks: 14 March
24 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers took aim at all things tech last week as a digital security provider, social media giant and a renewable battery developer took the top spots in the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week starting 14 March...

ESMA to cooperate with South Korean CCPs
24 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with South Korean central counterparties...