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Pakistan ponders intraday short-selling
19 November 2012 Karachi
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A meeting whose attendees included the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) discussed allowing intraday short-selling, but reached no final decision...

RBS hires new head of prime services
16 November 2012 Connecticut
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Jeffrey Howard as head of prime services for the Americas, based in Stamford, Connecticut.

First female chair for European Federation for Retirement Provision
16 November 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Joanne Segars, chief executive of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), has been elected as chair of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP)...

CCPs do not conform
15 November 2012 Concord
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The heterogeneous nature and diverse ownership of central counterparties (CCPs) worldwide mean that they do not conform with regulatory initiatives to impose a single framework for operations and risk management, according to a new report...

Citi opens securities lending trading desk in Dublin
14 November 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi has opened a securities lending trading desk in Dublin, as it expands its OpenLend capabilities in key cities and regions around the world...

Canada to expand accepted securities for lending
14 November 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Securities lenders and borrowers in Canada will soon be able to trade any trust that is listed on a stock exchange after the country’s minister of finance, Jim Flaherty, tabled a motion to implement outstanding technical tax amendments...

US digs in heels for Basel III
13 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

SIFMA released a statement saying that the 1 January 2013 effective date of Basel III capital rules would be pushed back....

Andrew Jamieson joins BlackRock
13 November 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The former head of equity finance at J.P. Morgan, Andrew Jamieson, has joined the iShares capital markets division of BlackRock as managing director...

Retirement plan suing Wells Fargo over securities lending
12 November 2012 Nebraska
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that the Nebraska Public Power District Employees Retirement Plan (NPPD) is suing Wells Fargo over claims that the bank misinformed it about the risks of a securities lending programme...

Citi to rise to the Challenger
12 November 2012 Sydney
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi will provide Australian annuity provider and fund manager Challenger with collateral management and custody services...

BNY Mellon renews VRS securities lending contract
09 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

BNY Mellon will continue to provide custody banking services, including securities lending, to the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), after its contract was renewed for five years with an option of extending for another five-year period...

Broadridge and Archive release records management solution
09 November 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Broadridge Financial Solutions and Archive Systems are working in partnership to create a complete records management solution for clients such as broker-dealers...