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UAE approves regulations for securities lending and short selling
04 October 2012 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The board of directors of the United Arab Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has approved a market-maker regulation along with related regulations for securities lending and borrowing, short selling and liquidity...

PrimeOne releases SynPrime
03 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

PrimeOne Solutions, a division of CoreOne Technologies, has unveiled SynPrime, its new equity swap platform created to lower operational risk...

OneChicago swells up
02 October 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Jones

OneChicago surpassed its whole volume for last year within the first three quarters of 2012. Volume in Q3 2012 was up 105 percent, compared to the same period in 2011...

Derivatives down for Eurex Group
02 October 2012 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Volume for international derivatives markets fell by 2.2 million year-on-year, recorded the Eurex Group. In September 2012, daily volume was at 10.2 million...

Six ups range of currencies for international repo services
01 October 2012 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Six Securities Services has begun to offer international repo services for an additional five currencies, bringing its total offering to 10...

Cowen Group and Kellner Capital do securities lending business deal
01 October 2012 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Cowen Group has agreed to purchase KDC Securities from Kellner Capital. It will be rebranded as Cowen Equity Finance Group and Rory Zirpolo will serve as managing director and head of the equity finance group...

Nomura’s prime brokerage head resigns
28 September 2012 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Mia Bourgeois, the head of prime brokerage origination for Asia Pacific at Nomura Holdings, is leaving the firm, according to reports...

RBC Investor Services launches global derivatives service
28 September 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

RBC Investor Services has launched a derivatives platform to deliver middle and back-office services to listed and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives...

AIMA forms new global governing council
27 September 2012 Canada
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, has appointed Kathleen Casey as new non-executive chairman along with forming a new global governing council...

Investview to acquire Instilend
27 September 2012 Utah
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Investor technology and education company Investview has acquired technology platform Instilend...

PrimeOne adds five to team
25 September 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

On the heels of the launch of PrimeOne Solutions last week, the prime brokerage platform has hired five senior executives...

Fidessa changes up buy-side connectivity
25 September 2012 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Fidessa announced that it has transformed its connectivity service for the buy-side. The firm stated that it changed its service to cover all hosting...