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Comment: EU ruling
10 March 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Data Explorers' Will Duff Gordon gives his views on the ruling on short selling from the European Union...

SECP takes actions against 7 companies
09 March 2011 Karachi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Securities Markets Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has taken action against seven non-compliant market participants in February...

Penson files figures
09 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Penson Worldwide Inc. has filed its annual report for 2010.  ..

Veneto Banca offers bonds to fund securities lending
09 March 2011 Milan
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Italian firm Veneto Banca has entered into talks with investors regarding the issue of Italian mortgage-backed bonds to finance securities lending transactions...

DealReporter expands Middle East platform
09 March 2011 Dubai
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

DealReporter has launched an enhanced Middle East service that offers exclusive reporting of regional corporate transactions actively traded by regional and international buysiders, as well as enhanced analytics and boosted aggregation of local news

EU votes to ban short selling
08 March 2011 Brussells
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The European Parliament has voted to ban short selling in sovereign bonds and place restrictions on naked short selling...

Clearstream announces February figures
08 March 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

In February 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of six per cent to €11.3 trillion (compared to €10.7 trillion in February 2010)...

State Street announces collateral tracking service
07 March 2011 Boston
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

State Street has announced today the launch of a new Collateral Tracking service that helps asset managers and owners accurately assess and manage counterparty risk. Clients can now receive up-to-date reporting on the location and status of all colla

SGX activity on the rise
04 March 2011 Singapore
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Trading on Singapore Exchange's derivatives and securities markets increased in February from a year earlier...

State Street expands services to UK PPF
02 March 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

State Street Corporation has extended its relationship with the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) for a further term to provide services to more than £5 billion in assets. It will also offer securities lending services...

CalPERS appoints Chief Risk Officer
02 March 2011 Sacramento
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System recently announced the appointment of CalPERS executive Larry Jensen as Chief Risk Officer, a new position created to improve the pension fund’s overall risk management program.

OCC volume increases 35 per cent
01 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Total OCC cleared volume in February reached 357,275,834 contracts. This represents a 35 per cent increase over the February 2010 volume of 264,435,951 contracts...