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Key European hires in securities lending
05 January 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

EquiLend Europe has announced the appointment of Yuka Hasumi as Business Development Associate and Armina Raufi as Product Development Associate at the company’s London headquarters.

BTIG hires Kallenberg as managing director
04 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BTIG, LLC, has announced another expansion to its Fixed Income group with the hiring of David Kallenberg as a Managing Director for its new Convertible Securities Desk in Los Angeles.

Eversheds appoints Ong in Hong Kong
04 January 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

International law firm Eversheds has appointed leading structured finance and derivatives lawyer Kingsley Ong as Partner in its Hong Kong banking and finance team.

OneChicago reports December volume
04 January 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

OneChicago, LLC (“OCX”), the only US regulated all-electronic exchange for trading security futures, today reported that 637,012 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in December 2010, up 83% over December 2009

Deutsche Bank launches prime services App for iPad and iPhone
04 January 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business has announced the availability of GlobalPrime MobileTM, a Prime Services mobile application for the iPad® and iPhone®.

Japan tightens short selling rules
29 December 2010 Tokyo
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Financial Services Agency of Japan has said it will prevent investors who short sell newly issued shares from buying the stock after the offer price has been set...

Northern Trust executives elected to leadership posts
24 December 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Northern Trust is pleased that two leaders of its Global Securities Lending group have been elected to senior positions within the industry. Jeff Benner, Deputy Head of Global Securities Lending, was elected Chairman of the EquiLend Holding LLC Board

Sucden Financial open to securities lending
23 December 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Sucden Financial has announced that it will be launching a new service geared towards institutions to capture brokerage opportunities in the Delta One and Equity derivatives and finance arena with effect from January 2011.

Promotions at OCC
22 December 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Options Clearing Corporation has announced the promotions of two officers...

J.P. Morgan commits to UK
22 December 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan has announced that its new European headquarters will be based in Canary Wharf, London...

SSGA to launch new Euro ETFs
22 December 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

State Street Global Advisors will launch a new range of ETFs across Europe in the first quarter of 2011...

SEHK adds new stock for short selling
22 December 2010 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has announced that Glorious Property Holdings Limited will be added to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling, with effect from December 20, 2010...