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Financial Transaction Tax must respect EU treaties
17 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

On 18 February, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will discuss the proposal for an EU11 Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)...

Comings and goings at the CPPIB
14 February 2014 Toronto
Reporter: Stephen Durham

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has appointed Ed Cass as the new senior vice-president and chief investment strategist, effective as of 1 April 2014...

TradingApp store goes online
14 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

TradeStation, a Monex Group company, will officially launch its all-new online TradingApp Store at the annual New York Traders Expo...

Lyxor AM's CEO is latest exec to depart
14 February 2014 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Lyxor Asset Management has appointed Lionel Paquin as its CEO to replace Inès de Dinechin, who is leaving the group...

ISLA appoints four new to board
13 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

As a result of a recent election, the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has appointed four new directors to its board...

EU's rejection of UK shorting appeal is "skeletal"
13 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The EU court’s decision to reject Britain’s appeal over short selling is skeletal and in parts opaque, but there is no avenue of appeal, said lawyers from Mayer Brown...

EquiLend sees record February volumes
12 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

EquiLend is using its record volumes seen in February to promote its consolidated trading platform...

OpenLink found as key Basel III solution
12 February 2014 Massachusetts
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Chartis’s review of vendors has found that OpenLink Financial, which provides transaction lifecycle management solutions, is a key Basel III solution leader...

Bharti leaves Segantii for Scotiabank
11 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Kirtes Bharti has moved from Segantii Capital Management to Scotiabank, as regional head of securities lending...

BNY Mellon plays the fool with Motley
11 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has extended its fund services relationship with Motley Fool Asset Management to include securities lending for its family of mutual funds with $575 million in assets under management...

Clearstream triparty repo rises 4 percent y-o-y
11 February 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream’s global securities financing (GSF) services rose 4 percent over January 2013 (€548.8 billion)...

Hong Kong adds securities to short selling list
10 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Twenty-six securities will be added to the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...