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The week's hottest stocks
30 April 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

With its latest list of the world’s hottest stocks, SunGard’s Astec Analytics highlights a mixed bag, including insurance technology, telecoms and a cement company...

Banking agencies adopt final ratio
28 April 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have adopted a final rule to strengthen the leverage ratio standards for the largest, most interconnected US banks...

Life Partners files suit against optionsXpress
17 April 2014 Texas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Life Partners Holdings has filed suit against optionsXpress for allegedly issuing and selling counterfeit shares of Life Partners Holdings stock...

Asia Pac hot stocks to watch
25 March 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Chinese sourcing giant Li & Fung plans to spin off its branding and licensing division after 2013 profits climbed 17 percent, thanks to a turnaround in its US business...

Clearstream GSF grows 3 percent
21 March 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream’s February 2014 figures have shown assets under custody increasing, and continued growth across settlement and securities financing seemingly showing early customer support of the firm’s T2S strategy...

Meridian buyout adds lending for clients
19 March 2014 Bermuda
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services is to acquire Meridian Fund Services Group, a fund administrator with $14 billion AUA...

Frank La Salla takes the weight off of Pandiri
03 March 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BNY Mellon has appointed Frank La Salla as CEO of its alternative investment services (AIS) business, a role that Samir Pandiri has held for the past two years...

Japan's looking bright, finds Markit Securities Finance
28 February 2014 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Japanese securities lending is looking bright, according to Markit Securities Finance analyst Simon Colvin. Generally flat loan balances have not stopped Japan from seeing a steady rise in specials and their associated fees over the last two years...

RMB to love it if Clearstream’s plan comes together
26 February 2014 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Clearstream has set out its market approach to developing and delivering solutions to help support the internationalisation of the renminbi (RMB)...

EquiLend sees record February volumes
12 February 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

EquiLend is using its record volumes seen in February to promote its consolidated trading platform...

Hong Kong adds securities to short selling list
10 February 2014 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Twenty-six securities will be added to the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

Is fear in emerging markets hedge funds unwarranted?
07 February 2014 Atlanta
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Though hedge fund performance was negative in January, falling an average of -0.6 percent, the industry broadly outperformed global equity markets...