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Study: EU ineffective
01 February 2011 London
Reporter: steven Lafferty

Independent Study: An EU proposal for the public disclosure of the net short positions of individual managers risks distorting financial markets and is not effective

Wildeman to join Securities Lending Times
01 February 2011 Beckenham
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Katie Wildeman is joining Black Knight Media, publisher of Securities Lending Times and Asset Servicing Times. Wildeman, who takes on the role of associate publisher for Securities Lending Times, previously held the same role at ICFA

iShares to increase securities lending reporting
01 February 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ETF manager iShares is to provide quarterly reporting on securities lending activities in a plan that it says will increase the transparency in the market...

Daiwa appoints Polly Williams as Non Executive Director
31 January 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited (Daiwa Europe), the investment banking arm of leading Japanese brokerage Daiwa Securities Group, has appointed Polly Williams as Non Executive Director.

Exchange Council of Eurex re-elects Gustav Gass as chairman
28 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Exchange Council of Eurex Deutschland re-elected its Chairman as well as the Vice Chairman for a period of three years. Gass, CEO Gass Capital Markets GmbH, was again appointed as Chairman and Hille, board member of DZ Bank AG, Vice Chairman

Kellner DiLeo & Co. opts for EquiLend
28 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

EquiLend, has announced that Kellner DiLeo & Co., (KDC), has signed on to use its services. KDC will utilize EquiLend’s post trade services to facilitate automation and efficient maintenance of their securities financing positions.

South Carolina to sue BNY Mellon
28 January 2011 South Carolina
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Treasurer's Office of the state of South Carolina has commenced legal action against BNY Mellon...

Rule Financial launches new clearing service solutions
27 January 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Rule Financial launches three new services that enable clients to fast‐ track OTC clearing projects so as to comply with upcoming regulations

New data from ISDA
26 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ISDA releases equity derivatives transparency studies...

Securities lending veteran Little joins Calypso
26 January 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

David Little has joined the Calypso Technology as director of strategy and business development. For more information on his role read the interview with him on the 4th January.

Collaborating to automate collateral messaging
26 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

The DTCC, MarkitSERV and AcadiaSoft have announced that they are working to deliver a joint solution for improving communication related to setting and maintaining the collateral required between counterparties to over-the-counter (OTC) derivative tr

Clearstream offers settlement access to Brazil
26 January 2011 Sao Paulo
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Clearstream, the post-trade service and global liquidity provider within Deutsche Börse Group, is the first international central securities depository (ICSD) to include Brazil in its cross-border settlement network...