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Registration for Stockloan professionals
27 May 2010 Washington
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a Regulatory Notice soliciting comments on a rule proposal designed to enhance oversight of broker-dealers' "back-office" operations by expanding registration requirements.

Increased appetite for risk
27 May 2010 New York
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Following a very successful US conference, 'The Securities Financing Forum' which took place yesterday, May 26th at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, Data Explorers, today released some interesting survey findings.

It's all Mapped out
27 May 2010 New York
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SunGard has launched MarketMap, a multi-asset, market data, analysis and information services solution in the U.S. MarketMap is a global solution providing data from 160 global exchanges, news feeds and over-the-counter (OTC) sources.

Data Explorers offers unprecedented copyright freedom
26 May 2010 New York
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Data Explorers, today announced that its industry standard reference book is available through a Creative Commons license. This allows anyone to copy, distribute and remix the work for non-commercial uses. To view go to LongShortReport.com

4sight Wins 4
26 May 2010 Edinburgh
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4sight has signed four new customers for its Securities Finance software. The new client wins mean 4sight has now increased its client base to thirty financial institutions and new sales revenue has grown 150% year on year as a result.

Still Hiring
26 May 2010 Amsterdam
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Prime Fund Solutions (PFS), the brokerage arm of Fortis Bank Nederland soon to be Credit Suisse has made a number of new hires across its global network of offices. New members of the team include; Jay Moghe, Martin Lui, Jason Ganz and Stephen Kane.

Change to SOMA Securities Lending Program
25 May 2010 New York
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Open Market Trading Desk is making changes to the System Open Market Account (SOMA) securities lending program.

SunGard integrates AQS Trade Data
24 May 2010 London
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SunGard has integrated executed, market-driven trade data derived from Quadriserv's AQS securities lending market into SunGard's Astec Analytics platform, its solution for securities lending performance measurement and program management.

Data Explorers New Concentration Ratio
24 May 2010 London
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Data Explorers today launched its Concentration Ratio analytics. This brings a new level of transparency into securities financing and helps mitigate the risk of short squeezes.

The Texan RFP
22 May 2010 Fort Worth
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The City of Fort Worth is requesting proposals for Securities Lending from banks doing business in Texas or primary dealers.

Citi Launches New Collateral Management Unit
22 May 2010 New York
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Citi recently announced the creation of a new Collateral Management Services unit within its Securities and Fund Services business. Rajen Shah joins from JPMorgan Chase as Global Head; Pierre Mengal joins from Standard Chartered as Asia Regional Head

CalPERS applaudes US Senate
21 May 2010 Sacramento
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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today applauded the US Senate for passing the most sweeping overhaul of financial market regulations since the Great Depression.