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US retailers top Markit’s most shorted
31 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Markit has compiled a review of how short sellers are positioning themselves in companies due to announce results in the near future...

LCPF and LPFA appoint William Bourne
30 March 2015 Lancashire
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Lancashire County Pension Fund (LCPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have appointed William Bourne as joint independent local pension board chair...

Euroclear’s Collateral Highway hits €1 trillion
27 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Euroclear saw daily collateral outstanding peak at €1 trillion on its Collateral Highway at the end of last week...

Lago Kapital recruits derivatives settlement expert
27 March 2015 Helsinki
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Finnish securities borrowing and lending broker Lago Kapital has recruited Juhani Kataila...

Short sellers target Macau casinos
27 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Short sellers have been taking advantage of the downturn in fortune of Macau’s casinos and overall slowdown of China’s economy, according to research from Markit...

Carlyle Group acquires Conifer Financial Services
26 March 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Conifer Financial Services LLC, an independent asset services firm...

Illinois court allows Teamsters case to continue
25 March 2015 Illinois
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A district court has allowed a case to proceed that accuses BNY Mellon of violations of ERISA in connection with investments and decisions made by the bank in the administration of a securities lending programme...

ESMA in a pickle over buy-ins
25 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The mandatory buy-in regime present in the CSDR is “an interesting conundrum” for the ESMA, according to chair Steven Maijoor...

SunGard’s hottest stocks
24 March 2015 Global
Reporter: Stephen Durham

SunGard’s Astec Analytics has compiled the hottest stocks from around the globe for the week beginning 16 March 2015...

LCH.Clearnet appoints new global head of CDSClear
23 March 2015 Paris
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Frank Soussan will become global head of CDSClear on 1 July 2015, LCH.Clearnet has confirmed...

Japan updates sec lending facility
23 March 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Bank of Japan is to implement a number of operational changes to its securities lending facilities in order to ease stress in the Japanese government security market...

Forward redemptions creep upwards
20 March 2015 Windsor
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March measured 3.91 percent, up from 3.64 percent in February...