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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...

No remedy in sight for biotech sector
24 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short interest in biotech stocks are at record highs as a handful of stocks post positive returns, according to Markit...

EXCLUSIVE: DNB Bank head of sec finance to leave
23 March 2016 Oslo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

DNB Bank’s head of trading securities finance, Dag Rudiløkken, is set to move to Nordea Bank, according to multiple sources...

Commerzbank derivatives head to leave
23 March 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Commerzbank’s Eugene Stanfield, head of derivatives execution and clearing, is set to leave the bank after eight years, according to multiple sources...