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OCC securities lending volumes continue to rise
02 May 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

OCC figures show overall cleared volumes reached 338,562,433 contracts in April, representing a 7 percent decrease from April 2010. However, volume decline was primarily in options contracts as securities lending volumes continued to rise.....

Naked short selling relief
02 May 2011 Canberra
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made a minor amendment to ASIC Class Order [CO 09/774] Naked short selling relief for market makers ([CO 09/774]), which allows licensed market makers to short sell securities in the....

Aggressive short selling fund changes name
01 May 2011 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Midas Special Fund, a mutual fund investing aggressively for capital appreciation, has changed its name to Midas Magic, Inc. The Fund will continue to be available under its current ticker symbol, MISEX.

BNY Mellon introduces tri-party repo services
28 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon has introduced a series of new services that will improve the infrastructure, operations and systems supporting its tri-party repo clients...

EXCLUSIVE: EquiLend introduces bidding to AutoBorrow service
28 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

EquiLend has introduced bidding to its AutoBorrow messaging service...

Japan extends short selling rules
27 April 2011 Tokyo
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Japanese FSA has extended the temporary measures regarding restrictions on short selling and purchase of own stocks by listed companies...

Merlin launches new division with flagship MerlinSHARP
26 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Merlin Technology introduces distinct software solution providing multi-prime, multi-custodian aggregation and analytics.....

J.P. Morgan launches Repo Trade Matching Engine
21 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has launched its Repo Trade Matching Engine...

Bank of England reports on securities lending
21 April 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Bank of England has published the minutes from its recent market update for the securities lending industry...

Robeco opens desk in HK
21 April 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Robeco Securities Lending has established a securities lending desk in Hong Kong, focused on securities lending and swaps in the Asian markets...

Cantor Fitzgerald adds securities lending team
20 April 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has added a new Equity Securities Lending team within the Cantor Prime Services Group, with the hiring of Securities Lending veterans Allen Wolkow and Janah Angelou, who will co-manage the effort....

Lynch named COO at eSecLending
18 April 2011 Boston
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Paul Lynch has joined eSecLending as chief operating officer, effective April 25, 2011...