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"Broad agreement" on FTT in European Parliament
10 January 2012 Brussels
Reporter: Anna Reitman

A "very broad agreement" in favour of an EU financial transaction tax emerged at the start of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee's work on the legislative proposal...

Conifer taps hedge fund veteran for sales team
10 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Conifer Group has announced the appointment of Howard Eisen to join its Securities sales team as it expands its client base to include alternative asset managers of all stripes...

Karachi market develops risk system for short sales
10 January 2012 Karachi
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has announced the development of a Risk Management Gateway System (RMGS) for brokerage houses, scheduled for launch by the end of January...

Nigeria's market bans naked shorts for dealing members
09 January 2012 Lagos
Reporter: Anna Reitman

As the Nigerian Stock Exchange moves closer to implementing naked short selling, rules are being finalised and dealing members are out, according to local media reports...

ING creates global equity products unit
09 January 2012 Amsterdam
Reporter: Anna Reitman

In a bid to boost sales and cut costs, ING has merged cash equities, equity derivatives and global securities finance into one unit, reports Bloomberg...

EFPs and blocks up 43% in December announces OneChicago
05 January 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago announced that EFPs and blocks in December 2011 were up 43 per cent at 489,584 traded compared to the previous month...

Citi sets up securities lending in LA
04 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Citi has opened a securities lending office in Los Angeles to expand its OpenLend presence...

OCC stock loan program up in 2011
04 January 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's total cleared contract volume in 2011 reached 4.6 billion contracts, a 17 percent increase over the 2010 volume, marking the ninth consecutive year of record volume for the clearer...

Eurex Group reports 2011 trading volumes
03 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Total trading volume at Eurex Group in 2011 was at 2.8 billion contracts in 2011 with average daily volume of 11.1 million contracts, an increase of 7 per cent over last year...

Norwegian banks fined for short selling violations
02 January 2012 Oslo
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Norway's economic crime prosecutor has fined four finance companies NOK400,000 (€51,586) for allowing shares to be sold short before they were eligible for trading...

Bio-med firm takes on short sellers
02 January 2012 Los Angeles
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Ampio pharmaceuticals believes that increased volatility and volume in its common stock was a result of factually inaccurate and purposely misleading information being published on the internet...

Ireland's central bank lifts ban on short selling
02 January 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the end of the ban on short selling of certain financial instruments, which has been in place since September 2008...