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Risk in securities lending research paper launched
13 October 2010 RMA Conference
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Published by Data Explorers, Securities Lending - is the risk worth the return?, recognizes that securities Lending remains a steady source of additional revenue for many asset owners and seeks to shed more light on how risk and return are balanced.

First European mini-prime launched
12 October 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Global Prime Partners (GPP) has launched the first introducing prime brokerage service in Europe, providing clearing, custody, securities lending and financing services for emerging hedge funds...

New pricing challenge portal from Interactive Data
12 October 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Interactive Data Corporation has launched a client management and compliance oversight tool, which is designed to provide audit trails and compliance reports for a firm's pricing challenge process.

Securities lending market place expands data offering
12 October 2010 RMA Conference
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Quadriserv expands AQS Market Data products and services to include industry wide access. The latest offering facilitates broad distribution of real-time securities lending market data for equity, ETF, index, and ADR products traded on AQS.

Anderson to join HSBC Prime Services
11 October 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Hamish Anderson has been appinted European sales chief at HSBC's new prime services division...

Lenders to receive divi at SEBI
11 October 2010 Mumbai
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has said the lenders are now eligible to receive the dividend income on lent securities...

Information Mosaic launches Asset Surveillance
11 October 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Information Mosaic has launched its new Asset Surveillance solution...

Securities lending leaps ahead at OCC
08 October 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Options Clearing Corporation has reported that securities lending activities have jumped 74 per cent compared to the same period last year...

Asian securities lending on the rise
08 October 2010 Hong Kong
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Asian securities lending is forecast to grow by 20-25%. At the Data Explorers Summit in Hong Kong over 50% of respondents believe Asia will drive global growth in securities lending and that Hong Kong will eclipse Japan in securities lending income

Liquidity Risk Management for Hedge Funds
07 October 2010 Concord
Reporter: Justin Lawson

A new report from Finadium evaluates the technology, regulations and investment concerns that are driving the adoption of liquidity risk management tools by asset managers, hedge funds and pension plans.

Demand for transparency increases
07 October 2010 Jersey City
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Pershing LLC, announced today the availability of a new report, Transparency and Liquidity: The Growth of Separately Managed Accounts in the Hedge Fund Industry.

FT.com to include short selling activity from Data Explorers
06 October 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Data Explorers (DX) will now be providing data to FT.com which will allow monitoring of short positions alongside the market data on the Company pages and Stock Screener.