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ICMA elects Janet Wilkinson as new chair
25 May 2023
Europe Reporter Bob Currie

She will replace outgoing chair Mandy DeFilippo, who has come to the end of her term in fronting the capital markets industry association

CDM resources now available as open source in FINOS
16 February 2023
UK, Reporter Bob Currie

In a joint statement, ICMA, ISDA and ISLA announced today that the CDM is now available in FINOS, enabling users to access CDM resources on an open source basis via this repository

DTCC’s Project Ion live in parallel production environment
22 August 2022
US Reporter Bob Currie

The distributed-ledger technology (DLT) driven settlement service is now processing an average of more than 100,000 bilateral equity trades daily and more than 160,000 transactions on peak days in parallel production

Market makers cement role as liquidity partners to European buy-side, survey finds
28 September 2021
UK Reporter SFT

Asset managers developed a more detailed and positive understanding of market makers and the liquidity provision that they offered during the pandemic, according to research commissioned by the FIA European Principal Traders Association

Global PSSL expands ESG short activism group
03 June 2021
Canada Reporter Alex Pugh

Blue Orca Capital’s Soren Aandahl will co-chair Global PSSL’s workstream on Short–Long Investments and ESG

GameStop hearing III: Analysis
10 May 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

Regulators promise to think about looking into tightening short selling rules

SEC chair to testify at final GameStop hearing
04 May 2021
US Reporter Drew Nicol

This week’s hearing will be an opportunity for committee members to present their policy recommendations to the SEC for rule changes to mitigate the risks similar future events may pose to investors and market stability

High court dismisses Denmark’s £1.5bn cum-ex case against Sanjay Shah
27 April 2021
UK Reporter Drew Nicol

A high court judge has dealt a “major blow” to tax fraud allegations by EU authorities against UK traders by dismissing the Danish tax agency's £1.5 billion dividend arbitrage case against Solo Capital founder Sanjay Shah

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Canada securities lending panel

Securities lending specialists reflect on the drivers of performance in the Canadian market over the past 12 months, key changes in technology and market practice and how the future looks for the rest of 2023 and beyond

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Women in Securities Finance panel

Securities Lending Times speaks with women advocates driving forward the message of gender diversity and inclusion and looks at the progress made, challenges faced, and what is left to be achieved

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The short selling storm

With the ability to influence market volatility, short selling plays an important role in the finance industry, and while some areas are banning aspects of short selling, others are only just introducing it

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Surveying success

Securities lending associations around the world discuss the key issues in 2017 and what they will focus on over the next 12 months

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Fair, Orderly and Transparent

David Lewis, FIS’ senior director, securities finance and global head of Astec Analytics, reflects on regulators’ guidance for short sellers and efforts to ensure a fair and transparent marketplace

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ESG: look before you leap

The ultra-high growth ESG sector claims to have laudable aims of offering investors a way to support the transition to a more sustainable world, but is market enthusiasm creating a breeding ground for fraud? Short sellers think so

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Regulators promise to think about looking into tightening short selling rules

The US Treasury’s revived hedge fund working group will continue where it left off, says Jonah Crane, who led the group in 2016, after the pandemic focused minds from both sides of the political aisle on market stressors

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GameStop: Now the dust has settled, what comes next?

An SEC investigation, hearings in Congress, murmurs of new regulations and Wall Street rattled; not bad for a Roaring Kitty

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Alexander Westphal, director
ICMA

Alexander Westphal, ICMA director, market practice and regulatory policy, speaks to Bob Currie about repo market performance, concerns over collateral shortages and the European Repo and Collateral Council’s working agenda for 2022

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Sean Capstick
Cantor Fitzgerald

Sean Capstick, head of prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Cantor Fitzgerald, speaks about the financial services provider’s growth in Europe, market trends and the role of technology in today’s market

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a household name in securities lending due to hosting a substantial portion of asset-rich UCITS funds. Jenna Lomax assesses how Luxembourg’s recent market developments could be a major windfall

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