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MetLife to build securities lending
08 December 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

MetLife has announced a growth strategy for 2011, which will include growing its securities lending opportunities...

Denmark warns against bank short selling
08 December 2010 Copenhagen
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Danish FSA has warned against possible short selling in Danish banks with share issues...

BTIG Opens Its Next Generation Trading Floor in New York
08 December 2010 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

BTIG, LLC, a global broker dealer specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, today announced the opening of its new trading desk at 825 Third Avenue.

EXCLUSIVE: Kellner DiLeo add to securities lending team
07 December 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Kellner DiLeo & Co. (KDC) announced today that Don MacNeil has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of their securities lending group. In his new role, Mr. MacNeil will focus on ADR and Canadian equity opportunities

EU wants tougher short selling rules
03 December 2010 Brussels
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The European Union has published a draft law that is set to clamp down further on short selling and credit default swaps...

Eurex sees 20 per cent rise in 2010
02 December 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

At the international derivatives markets of Eurex, an average daily volume of 10.2 million contracts was traded in November (November 2009: 9.4 million).

Securities lending increases 71 per cent at OCC
02 December 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has said that total OCC volume reached 354,897,569 contracts in November, with stock loan activities up 71 per cent...

OneChicago year-to-date volume up 64%
01 December 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), the US regulated all-electronic exchange for trading security futures, reported today that 219,071 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in November 2010.

Hedged Mutual Funds: Investment Trends
01 December 2010 Concord
Reporter: Justin Lawson

A new report from Finadium evaluates the investment strategies and business models of the US hedged mutual fund industry, including long/short, absolute return and market neutral '40 Act funds.

J.P. Morgan offers greater access in Oz
01 December 2010 Sydney
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

J.P. Morgan has launched Australia's first tri-party securities lending transaction in a move that is expected to give superannuation funds greater access to the securities lending market...

Austria extends short selling ban
30 November 2010 Vienna
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Austrian financial market regulator has extended by six months a temporary ban on naked short-selling of the country's four largest publicly listed financial stocks...

Citi wins Global X-Funds mandate
29 November 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Citi has won a mandate to provide third-party securities lending services for Global X Funds’ family of exchange traded funds...