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LGPS securities lending continues to grow
10 March 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Almost 20 per cent of Northern Trust's UK Local Government Pension Schemes are now participating in securities lending, says the bank...

Comment: EU ruling
10 March 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Data Explorers' Will Duff Gordon gives his views on the ruling on short selling from the European Union...

SECP takes actions against 7 companies
09 March 2011 Karachi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Securities Markets Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has taken action against seven non-compliant market participants in February...

Penson files figures
09 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Penson Worldwide Inc. has filed its annual report for 2010.  ..

Veneto Banca offers bonds to fund securities lending
09 March 2011 Milan
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Italian firm Veneto Banca has entered into talks with investors regarding the issue of Italian mortgage-backed bonds to finance securities lending transactions...

DealReporter expands Middle East platform
09 March 2011 Dubai
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

DealReporter has launched an enhanced Middle East service that offers exclusive reporting of regional corporate transactions actively traded by regional and international buysiders, as well as enhanced analytics and boosted aggregation of local news

FBR exits prime brokerage
08 March 2011 Arlington
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Investment bank FBR Capital Markets has announced that it is quitting the prime brokerage business.

Hendel joins Bank of America Merrill Lynch
08 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Stuart Hendel will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch as managing director and head of global prime brokerage. In this role, Hendel will be responsible for leading the continued expansion of the company's prime brokerage businesses on a global basis

EU votes to ban short selling
08 March 2011 Brussells
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The European Parliament has voted to ban short selling in sovereign bonds and place restrictions on naked short selling...

Clearstream announces February figures
08 March 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

In February 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of six per cent to €11.3 trillion (compared to €10.7 trillion in February 2010)...

State Street announces collateral tracking service
07 March 2011 Boston
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

State Street has announced today the launch of a new Collateral Tracking service that helps asset managers and owners accurately assess and manage counterparty risk. Clients can now receive up-to-date reporting on the location and status of all colla

Brokerage firm BTIG names Curro and Hymans
07 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BTIG LLC, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, today announced it has named Joseph Curro and Robert Hymans as Global Co-Heads of Event Driven Strategies.