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Investors withdraw a little more from hedge funds
22 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2013, which indicates the volume of investors withdrawing from hedge funds, measured 3.77 percent, up 2.95 percent from April...

Nigeria abandons securities lending dream
22 May 2013 Lagos
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced plans to begin securities lending back in July 2011, it has been reported that the country has given up on the programme...

FTSE peaks, but short interest holds out for corrections
21 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The FTSE 100 has hit its highest level since September 2000. The index finished 32.57 points higher at 6755.63, surpassing a peak of 6732 seen in 2007...

BCS adds prime brokerage veteran Dipak Rajani
21 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Russian financial institution BCS Financial Group has recruited Dipak Rajani and Timur Salikov to its sales and research teams...

iTalk threatens Berlin stock exchange with legal action
21 May 2013 Florida
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The mobile communications company iTalk has informed its investors that the company's shares have been listed on the Börse Berlin Stock Exchange without its approval...

Turkey’s government bonds move up a notch
20 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Moody's Investors Service has today upgraded Turkey's government bond ratings by one notch to Baa3 from Ba1, and has assigned a stable outlook...

ConvergEx to relieve tax burdens for prime clients
20 May 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

ConvergEx Group’s prime brokerage unit has launched Tax Optimizer to improve client control over tax liabilities...

CJEU names a date for UK short selling challenge
17 May 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A UK challenge to the extended authority of the European Securities and Markets Authority under the EU Regulation on Short Selling will be heard in the Court of Justice of the EU on 11 June...

Cary Goldstein joins ConceptONE
16 May 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ConceptONE, a provider of data aggregation, risk management, reporting, and advisory solutions, has hired Cary Goldstein as managing director and head of business development...

J.P. Morgan AM to launch a global convertibles income fund
16 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is set to launch a global convertibles income fund that promises investors high income with the potential for capital growth...

Not much sec lending left in Switzerland, suggests Swisscanto
15 May 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The dramatic events that took place in the capital markets in 2008 have led pension institutions to rethink their approaches to securities lending...

Short selling bans don’t influence herding, says CIGI
15 May 2013 Ontario
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) has released a publication detailing the effects of short-sale constraints on herd behaviour...