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New head of regional hedge fund services
02 June 2010 Hong Kong
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J.P. Morgan announced this week that it has appointed Adam Wallace as executive director and product head of J.P. Morgan's Hedge Fund Services business in Asia Pacific. Wallace will be based in Hong Kong.

The liquidity gap
02 June 2010 London
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Rule Financial's new White Paper The Liquidity Gap, published today, claims that the banking industry is missing an opportunity by making compliance an end in itself. The white paper argues that where banks have invested in a complete...

Short Spanish Update
02 June 2010 Madrid
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The Executive Committee of the CNMV, in an ordinary meeting held at the end of last week, agreed to adapt the measures approved previously on September 22nd 2008 to the disclosure regime on short positions proposed by CESR in march 2010, including

Eurex trading growth continues
01 June 2010 Frankfurt
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Eurex has announced that trading volumes on its exchanges have seen a huge leap from a year ago...

eSecLending makes key hire
01 June 2010 Boston
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eSecLending, announced today that Ed Oliver has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of Client Relationship Management. Having 23 years of financial service experience, Oliver has specialized in securities lending since 2002.

KPMG new financial services head
31 May 2010 London
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Jeremy Anderson is the new Chairman of KPMG's Global Financial Services practice. He succeeds Brendan Nelson, who retired from KPMG on March 31 to become a non-executive director at Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc.

Regulation affecting technology spend
31 May 2010 Tunis
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VERMEG, announced today, the publication of its latest commissioned white paper. The research conducted by B.I.S.S. Research, states that custody systems have fallen well behind other business needs, due to ongoing regulatory demands.

ICF uses Atrium to access NYSE Liffe
29 May 2010 London
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Atrium Network recently announced that ICF Systems AG, located in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, will extend its use of Atrium Network to access the NYSE Liffe UTP Derivatives platform when the service goes‐live in July 2010.

Poland bucks the market
28 May 2010 Warsaw
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The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) and the National Depository for Securities (NDS) have published the necessary amendments to their Rules in order to allow short selling in the Polish market, effective from July 1, 2010.

J.P Morgan Hiring down under
28 May 2010 Sydney
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J.P. Morgan recently announced further expansion plans for its Treasury & Securities Services businesses which will see the recruitment of 100 additional staff across Australia and New Zealand and establishment of a new Australian headquarters.

Registration for Stockloan professionals
27 May 2010 Washington
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a Regulatory Notice soliciting comments on a rule proposal designed to enhance oversight of broker-dealers' "back-office" operations by expanding registration requirements.

Increased appetite for risk
27 May 2010 New York
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Following a very successful US conference, 'The Securities Financing Forum' which took place yesterday, May 26th at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, Data Explorers, today released some interesting survey findings.