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Are bears going into hibernation
26 July 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Data Explorers has launched the Long Short Ratio. This new set of analytics enables fund managers to track bearish sentiment in assets of interest and is available in the Data Explorers Excel Toolkit.

Securities lending revenue falls for Northern Trust
23 July 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The second quarter of 2010 has seen a drop in income for Northern Trust in the securities lending sector.

Citi examines impact of crisis on hedge funds
23 July 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Citi Prime Finance launched its Citi Perspectives series this week with the release of the debut paper, "The Liquidity Crisis & Its Impact on the Hedge Fund Industry.

Canadian pensions pull back
22 July 2010 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Faltering global equity markets contributed to a decline in pension assets in the June qtr, according to a survey just released by RBC Dexia IS, which maintains the industry's most comprehensive universe of Canadian pension plans and money managers.

Walsh joins Deutsche
22 July 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Continuing on from the recent restructuring Deutsche Bank today announced the appointment of Rebecca Walsh to the position of Director, Global Sales & Relationship Management within its Direct Securities Services (DSS) business.

REGIS-TR starts testing
22 July 2010 Madrid
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (BME) and Clearstream announced today that the first European trade repository created by both partners will be called "REGIS-TR".

Firm58 exceeds 100 million
22 July 2010 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Firm58, Inc. has announced it passed the 100 million mark of daily transactions contracted under its brokerage, trading and exchange clients as of June 30, 2010

Stracquadanio signs on at Scotia
22 July 2010 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Scotia Capital have announced the hiring of New-York-based John Stracquadanio to serve alongside Patrick Blessing as Co-Head of the Global Prime Brokerage business.

CalPERS Hails Federal Financial Reform
22 July 2010 Sacramento
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), praised the new federal financial reform law as an historic step toward protecting markets and advancing shareowner democracy.

SocGen and CS to collaborate
21 July 2010 Paris
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) and Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG have signed an agreement on a partnership under the terms of which SGSS will provide Credit Suisse Asset Management in Germany with comprehensive fund administration servi

Growth for boutique prime brokerage
21 July 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today announced that Sean Westley has joined the firm as a senior vice president of Sales at NorthPoint Trading Partners, the firm's boutique prime brokerage business

AQS Sets out new initiatives
21 July 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Quadriserv, Inc. today reported significant operational and commercial progress of its AQS securities lending market after it's first year of operation.