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Another new face at Lombard Risk
01 September 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Lombard Risk has hired Thomas Chevalier to the newly created position of business development manager for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal and Greece...

Singapore sees short selling slide
19 August 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Demand to borrow Singapore’s STI index listed shares has fallen by 27 percent after a spike in average shorting interest in February, according to IHS Markit...

Short sellers find new target in Europe
19 July 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers continued to press their latest target LivaNova, while old favourites Tesla Motors and IMAX China Holdings held their tops positions in the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week beginning 8 August...

New tax advisory consultancy launches
18 August 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hansuke Consulting focuses on tax advice for the securities finance industry...

Global equities boosting Canadian pensions
12 August 2016 Toronto
Reporter: Barney Dixon

Recoveries in global equities in Q2 of 2016 have brought Canadian pension plans into positive territory, according to $650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe...

Hong Kong tweaks short selling list
10 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has made an additional 25 securities available for short selling...

SocGen expands prime services in Japan
05 August 2016 Tokyo
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale has named Ramir Cimafranca as head of prime services for Japan, effective immediately...

Bank of England finally drops interest rates
04 August 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Bank of England has dropped interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25 percent, with the outlook for growth in the short to medium term weakening “markedly”...

EquiLend acquires AQS
01 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

EquiLend has acquired Automated Equity Finance Markets, commonly known as AQS, paving the way for "unprecedented access to central clearing services"...

J.P. Morgan bolsters investor services team
29 July 2016 Dublin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

J.P. Morgan has continued its recent recruitment drive by luring away another senior figure from Quintillion to join its investor services business...

KCG expands in Europe with Neonet acquisition
29 July 2016 Stockholm
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

KCG Holdings, the US securities trading firm, is expanding its presence in Europe with the acquisition of Neonet Securities, an independent execution service provider based in Stockholm...

Short sellers double down on Nintendo
27 July 2016 Kyoto
Reporter: Drew Nicol

After a sluggish start, short sellers are making up for lost time by quickly building their positions in Nintendo’s stock, with short interest rocketing up more than 400 percent in the past week, according to S3 Blacklight...