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No US short selling ban
15 August 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The US will not be following in the footsteps of other countries which banned short selling activities last week, according to Bloomberg...

J.P. Morgan not in breach in AFTRA lawsuit
12 August 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

A federal judge in New York ruled that J.P. Morgan did not breach its fiduciary duty of loyalty...

Turkey curbs short selling on Istanbul Stock Exchange
11 August 2011 Ankara
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Turkey has announced measures to curb short selling after the week's equities sell-off...

Securities lending on Brazil Exchange jumps in Q2
11 August 2011 São Paulo
Reporter: Anna Reitman

BM&FBovespa reported that securities lending grew 39.3 per cent year-on-year to revenues of BRL 17.2 million (€7.4m) on the back of high volumes...

Securities lending trends show merit of owning uncommon shares
10 August 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

US and European large caps with lower institutional ownership drop less in a crisis...

Korea Exchange bans short selling for three months
10 August 2011 Seoul
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced a temporary ban on short selling for three months amid stock market declines...

Greece bans short selling of listed shares
09 August 2011 Athens
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC) announced a two-month ban on short selling of shares listed in the Athens Exchange...

Securities lending markets face uncertainty over effect of US downgrade, European bond markets stabilising
08 August 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Market fears were confirmed over the weekend when Standard & Poor's downgraded the US to AA+ from AAA...

Northern Trust to transfer Irish operations
05 August 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust is to transfer its Dublin-based securities lending business to its London offices following the completion of its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Securities Services...

UK local authorities get trained
05 August 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy has held an education session for UK local authority beneficial owners in securities lending...

Securities lending risks increase in “flight to safety” environment
05 August 2011 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Risk managers are warning of the impacts on the repo market of weakening sovereign prices in certain European countries...

Chisholm appointed VP securities lending by Kellner DiLeo & Co
04 August 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Kellner DiLeo & Co has appointed Patrick Chisholm as vice president in securities lending...