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LCH.Clearnet LLC names new CEO
27 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

LCH.Clearnet group has appointed David Weisbrod as CEO of its US subsidiary, LCH.Clearnet LLC, to oversee the continued expansion of its multi-national central counterparty clearing (CCP) business...

Italy bans short selling in bank shares after indecisive election
27 February 2013 Milan
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Italy’s financial markets regulator banned short selling of shares in major Italian banks after an election result caused shares in them to drop sharply...

Lombard Risk strengthens US market with two new hires
26 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Lombard Risk Management has appointed Richard Ferrari as managing director in the Americas and Cliff van Tonder as director of global alliances...

Albert Fried & Company recruits for new CTO position
26 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Albert Fried & Company has hired Carl Lang for the newly created position of chief technology officer, following the arrivals of Salvatore Cangialosi, Vincent Avena and Paul Stegmann...

HSBC makes Roy Zimmerhansl global head of securities lending
25 February 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Roy Zimmerhansl will become global head of securities lending at HSBC Securities Services on 1 March. He will report to John van Verre, head of global custody and treasury services...

Omgeo CTM celebrates worldwide expansion
25 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Twenty-eight investment manager and broker/dealer firms have signed to adopt the new exchange-traded derivatives functionality in Omgeo Central Trade Manager (Omgeo CTM)...

CACEIS to help UCTIS fund managers with ESMA compliance
25 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

CACEIS has honed its collateral management services for UCITS fund managers in the wake of ESMA's consolidated guidelines on exchange-traded funds and other UCITS issues and repo and reverse repo agreements...

Hong Kong exchange adds and removes short sale securities
22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Almost 30 securities will be added and six existing securities will be removed from the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

Robeco recruits Jeff Coyle for HK lending desk
22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Asset manager Robeco has chosen Jeff Coyle to replace Zubair Nizami as head of its securities lending desk in Hong Kong...

BofA Merrill Lynch hires new EMEA prime brokerage head
22 February 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

It has been reported that Bank of America Merill Lynch has hired Martina Slowey as its EMEA head of prime brokerage.

4Q 2012 saw surge in M&A, say mergermarket
21 February 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A lull in European dealmaking in the first nine months of 2012 was offset by a surge of M&A in the fourth quarter, with volumes up by 5.4 percent and value up by 88.9 percent...

ICMA backs development of Russian repo market
20 February 2013 Zurich
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a legal opinion on the validity of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) in Russia...