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Greece is the word: Lyxor not concerned
30 June 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The risk of instability in Greece is limited for the hedge funds on the Lyxor platform as few of them hold direct net exposures to Greek assets...

Synthetic financing transactions on the rise
29 June 2015 Edinburgh
Reporter: Stephen Durham

A survey of 56 market participants carried out by swaps technology provider 4sight and consultancy The Field Effect has revealed that 32 percent of participants are currently booking synthetic financing transactions...

Greek regulator fines funds over naked short selling
29 June 2015 Athens
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Greece’s securities regulator has fined dozens of funds for naked short selling...

GCF repo settlement reform to extend into 2016
29 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The last leg of the Tri-party Repo Infrastructure Reform Task Force’s seven-point roadmap for reform, the full alignment of GCF repo settlement with the new triparty settlement process, still needs to be completed, according to the Federal Reserve

Linear Investments deploys Ancona analytics
26 June 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Investment manager Linear Investments has successfully deployed Ancoa’s market surveillance and analytics capabilities for its execution and trading platforms...

Russian and Chinese CSDs team up
26 June 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) and China Central Depository and Clearing (CCDC), which services governmental securities, have agreed to work together to boost participation in both markets...

ETF investors poised in Russia
25 June 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors continue to position themselves to benefit from a recovery in the Russian market despite continued unrest and sanctions, according to Markit...

ISLA: regulatory concerns
24 June 2015 Lisbon
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association Resolution Stay Protocol is a major concern for the securities financing industry, according to a panel at the annual International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) conference in Lisbon...

Moody’s offers CCP ratings
24 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Moody’s has proposed a global methodology for rating central counterparties (CCPs) and invited market participants to provide feedback...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
24 June 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

SunGard’s top short pick for Europe, the Middle East and Africa region for the week beginning 22 June is UK confectioner Thorntons (THT.L), after Italian chocolatier Ferrero made a £112 million takeover bid for the company, sending its share price

SunGard’s MarketMap to cover more ground
23 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SunGard’s MarketMap data solution has been enhanced to include additional social sentiment, reputational risk and short interest content...

Clearstream’s global securities financing average climbs
23 June 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Clearstream enjoyed a monthly average outstanding of €622.5 billion for global securities financing in May...