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TradeStation to add securities lending to Its offering
21 September 2010 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

TradeStation Securities, Inc. today announced the hiring of Robert Sackett to start up and lead the securities lending department of, and co-head, its TradeStation Prime Services division.

City consultancy flourishes despite market turmoil
20 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Rule Financial recognised for the third year in a row with a place in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100.

Data Explorers Launches on Bloomberg
20 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Data Explorers today announces that their daily, global long and short fund flow content is now available to more than 290,000 users of the Bloomberg Professional Service.

Clearstream opens settlement system to Chinese Renminbi
20 September 2010 Luxembourg
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Clearstream expands its existing link to Hong Kong: As of 27 September 2010, the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) held outside of mainland China will become a full settlement currency in Clearstream.

IMA shares their views
17 September 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

IMA welcomes the European Commission's draft regulation intended to give effect to the G20 agreement to bring the OTC derivatives market into central clearing, as set out in the Toronto Communique.

Short selling in Hindi
17 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Data Explorers, the leading global provider of short interest data and analytics, today announced that its unique insight about short selling activity is now available as a weekly broadcast in Hindi

OTC derivatives market reform
16 September 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Deutsche Boerse Group welcomes the intended regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs), and trade repositories as presented on Wednesday by the European Commission.

SECP approves paper on margin trading
16 September 2010 Karachi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has approved the final concept paper on the proposed leverage product margin trading system.

CalPERS Adds Senior Level Risk Management Officer
16 September 2010 Sacramento
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced two very significant reforms designed to restore confidence in CalPERS

Data Explorers expands in Asia
15 September 2010 Hong Kong
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Data Explorers has expanded into Asia and opened an office in Hong Kong ahead of the first Asian Securities Financing Forum in Hong Kong on 7th October.

Short selling disclosure threshold too low
15 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Proposed short selling disclosure regulations announced today by the European Commission (EC) are too stringent and threaten market efficiency, according to the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA).

European repo market surpasses pre-crisis levels
15 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released the results of its 19th semi-annual survey of the European repo market.