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Bernanke to go beyond Dodd Frank
22 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has said that US regulators are aiming to increase oversight of certain areas of financial markets beyond that of Dodd Frank...

Neely joins Citi prime brokerage
21 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Elizabeth Neely has joined Citi Prime Finance as head of capital introduction in the Americas...

BNY Mellon sells ConvergEx stake
21 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon has agreed to sell a majority of its equity stake in ConvergEx Group...

Hedge funds down in June
21 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The latest Eurekahedge report has found that hedge funds fell for the second consecutive month, with the Eurekahedge Fund Index losing 1.22 per cent during June...

MIK launches equity finance and tracking system
19 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

MIK Fund Solutions has released a comprehensive and integrated equity finance tracking and optimisation system for hedge funds and asset managers...

AQR launches new multi-strategy alternative mutual fund
18 July 2011 Greenwich
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

AQR Capital Management has launched AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund (ASANX/ASAIX), the newest addition to its mutual fund family, many of which attempt to increase income or total return through the use of securities lending.......

FRSGlobal bids for Lombard Risk
18 July 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

FRSGlobal, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer has made a takeover approach for collateral management software provider Lombard Risk...

Data Explorers: Short sellers in position for IT earnings
18 July 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Data Explorers have taken a look at the flow data to assess sentiment towards the Information Technology ahead of upcoming earnings reports.

EXCLUSIVE: SecFinex expand relationship management team
18 July 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

SecFinex have expanded the relationship management team with the appointment of Rowena Brown as a senior relationship manager. Brown will be based in London and follows on from the hires of Stephan Sanner and Thomas Shave.....

EXCLUSIVE: Kellner DiLeo adds global head
15 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Kellner DiLeo has appointed Robert Egan as senior vice president, global head of international securities lending. Egan will start on 8 August and will be based in New York.....

DB heads trade places
14 July 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Deutsche Bank has made changes to its senior securities lending personnel in London and Asia...

Italy tightens short selling rules
14 July 2011 Milan
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Consob, the Italian regulator, has approved a new disclosure regime on short sales...