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Spain extends short selling ban
23 October 2012 Madrid
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Spain’s regulator the CNMV has decided to extend a ban on short selling for an additional week and has submitted a proposal to ESMA to impose a further three month ban, effective from 1 November 2012...

Foley gets new role at RBC Investor Services
23 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Bill Foley has become the director of portfolio solutions for the UK and Middle East within the market products and services team at RBC Investor Services...

FATCA prompts Americans to relinquish citizenship
22 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

American citizens who live outside of the US are increasingly considering renouncing their US citizenship as the government prepares to roll out FATCA, said the chief executive of a financial advisory firm...

Pension fund picks Northern Trust for securities lending
19 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, investment accounting, securities lending and commission recapture services...

Misys launches Summit FT upgrade
19 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Misys has released Summit FT 5.6, an upgraded version of its Summit FT solution...

Flash crash reforms may not be enough
19 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Researchers have claimed that US ‘flash crash’ reforms will fail to avert another market meltdown unless they are coupled with new liquidity-based circuit breakers...

Euroclear adds Frank LaSalla to board of directors
18 October 2012 New Jersey
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Frank LaSalla, has been named to the board of directors of both Euroclear and Euroclear SA/NV...

Securities finance dips in State Street’s Q3 2012 results
18 October 2012 Massachusetts
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

State Street's Q3 2012 results revealed securities finance revenue of $91 million, a decline of 36.4 percent from Q2 2012. But revenue was higher than it was in the same quarter in 2011...

CaIPERS appoints Eason as pension fund CFO
18 October 2012 Sacramento
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS) has hired Cheryl Eason as its CFO. In the newly created role, Eason will oversee the financial and risk management operations of the firm’s $243 billion pension fund...

Markit launches securities finance add-on for Factor platform
18 October 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Markit has released a new enhancement to Markit Data Analytics & Research’s Factor product that tracks short selling sentiment...

Newedge hires Schulz as chief risk officer for UK office
17 October 2012 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Newedge has appointed Michael Schulz as chief risk officer for Newedge UK Financial...

Clearstream and HKMA to launch joint collateral services
17 October 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plan to provide cross-border collateral management and liquidity services in Hong Kong...