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Switzerland is self-regulating its shorting
11 October 2013 Geneva
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Swiss stock exchange SIX has announced its intention, alongside Scoach Switzerland and Swiss regulator FINMA, to add to regulations concerning short selling...

Dubai and Clearstream cooperate in collateral
11 October 2013 Dubai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream’s global liquidity hub has its first Middle Eastern central counterparty (CCP) link...

Rob Coxon shakes things up at Northern Trust
10 October 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Rob Coxon has joined Northern Trust as a senior consultant for the bank’s change management consultancy team...

Denis Peters retires from the industry
10 October 2013 Belgium
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Denis Peters has taken early retirement from his role as the director of marketing and communications at Euroclear...

Second eSecLending departure confirmed
09 October 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Will Gow has resigned from his managing director role at eSecLending, and has already left the securities lending agent...

Initial margin fears are realised
09 October 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A recent paper has explored the regulatory drivers for the implementation of initial margin and the challenges that institutions face from a systems, organisational and modelling perspective...

Lending given path between SL-x and Markit
09 October 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SL-x, a new capital markets electronic trading business, has signed an agreement with Markit to enable joint customers to move between them...

Not enough in the tank to dampen fire sales
08 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Regulatory mechanisms “fall short” as a comprehensive, market-wide approach to fire sales that can result from securities financing transactions, according to Federal Reserve governor Jeremy Stein...

Saurabh Seth to leave eSecLending
08 October 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Saurabh Seth, managing director and co-head of securities finance at eSecLending, has resigned from his position, sources have revealed...

Securities financing services rise for Clearstream
07 October 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Assets under custody increased 5 percent year-on-year and securities finance services increased 4 percent, in a good batch of September figures for Clearstream...

Christopher Kunkle joins Wells Fargo
07 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Christopher Kunkle, formerly director of securities lending and market risk at the Risk Management Association (RMA), will be joining Wells Fargo Securities as a managing director of securities finance...

Global Prime Partners uses Liquid for P&L
04 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Global Prime Partners will offer a new platform to its portfolio of existing European clients, as well as all new prime brokerage clients...