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Brexit: the day after tomorrow
06 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The UK’s financial services firms were the biggest targets after the Brexit vote, according to DataLend...

Eurex Repo’s lower growth continues into June
06 July 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repo’s outstanding volumes have now been lower than last year for six consecutive months, with average outstanding volume at the end of 2015 down €26.7 billion...

OCC boasts record-breaking June volumes
05 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation enjoyed a 39 percent boost to its securities lending new loans volume through its central counterparty in June, compared to the same month in 2015...

CloudMargin secures Little as its latest hire
05 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin has appointed David Little as non-executive director, effective immediately...

OneChicago to launch new SSF contract
04 July 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago saw its open interest fall by 41 percent for June, compared to the same time last year...

Greek bonds rejoin collateral pool
04 July 2016 Athens
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Greek government bonds are once again available for use as collateral as of 29 June after the European Central Bank reinstated a waiver on the minimum credit rating requirements...

Trading Apps brings on Malpass from Fidessa
04 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Trading Apps has reshuffled its roster with the appointment Andrew Malpass as non-executive director...

S3 Partners launches shorting analytics for Bloomberg
01 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

S3 Partners has launched the BLACKLIGHT APPs Crowding Kit on the Bloomberg APP Portal to offer real-time analytics on crowded long and short trades...

Tesla chief risks Icarus syndrome
01 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has set his company on a course for long-term shorting exposure with the acquisition of failing green energy producer SolarCity, according to FIS Astec Analytics...

ISE sells for $1.1 billion
01 July 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Nasdaq has completed its purchase of the Intercontinental Securities Exchange (ISE) from Deutsche Börse group for $1.1 billion in cash...

BoE extends emergency repo service
30 June 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has pledged to continue the central bank’s additional weekly indexed long-term repo operations until the end of September in the wake of severe market turmoil caused by Brexit...

Vanguard considers sec lending’s contribution
30 June 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The securities lending industry arguably receives a disproportionate amount of regulatory attention compared to the average contribution its business brings, a Vanguard Research Group whitepaper has suggested...