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MannKind announces entry into stock loan agreement
20 August 2010 Valencia, CA
Reporter: Justin Lawson

MannKind Corporation has recently announced that it has entered into a previously announced stock lending agreement pursuant to which it will lend 9,000,000 shares of its common stock to Bank of America, N.A.

LCH.Clearnet signals further commitment to buy-side offering
20 August 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

In order to strengthen its global OTC derivative client clearing offering, LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet) has appointed Michael Davie CEO of SwapClear, its market leading interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service.

More added to naked short threshold list
19 August 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Bay National Corp, Extorre Gold Mines and DJSP Enterprises have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list...

Deutsche Bank establishes Asian equity strategy team
18 August 2010 Hong Kong
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Deutsche Bank announced today it has established an Asian equity strategy team with Ajay Kapur appointed as a Managing Director and Head of Asian Equity Strategy. Kapur will be based in Hong Kong.

US senators call for tighter controls
18 August 2010 Washington DC
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

An influential group of US senators has called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to tighten corporate accounting disclosure rules in an attempt to reduce the risk of another Lehman Bros-style collapse...

China set to welcome securities lending
18 August 2010 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

It has been revealed that the Chinese regulators are close to approving a broadening of the rules on securities lending in the country, increasing the opportunities for margin lending and short selling...

ConvergEx launches new stock loan programme
16 August 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ConvergEx Group has launched a new stock loan programme, a dedicated service that gives hedge funds and other clients access to securities they need to borrow to fulfill short selling requirements...

Rule Financial responds to Prime Services growth
16 August 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Rule Financial has today announced the expansion of its consultancy team to support a growing demand from clients for advisory services to support their rapid growth plans in the aftermath of the credit crunch.

EXCLUSIVE: David Little to leave Rule Financial
13 August 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

David Little, head of securities finance at Rule Financial will be moving on. After ten years building up the securities finance group of Rule Financial, Little will be leaving for a fresh challenge.

New head of international trading at Nomura
13 August 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Nomura Securities has hired Jon Block as head of International trading in the Americas, with responsibility for trading and sales-trading of non-US stocks...

ING reports profit growth
13 August 2010 Amsterdam
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ING's net profit for the second quarter of the year has risen to EUR1.2 billion...

ASICs adopts FIX Protocol for short position reporting
13 August 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) welcomes the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC's) adoption of the FIX Protocol messaging standard for reporting of short position