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High-profile short sellers including Muddy Waters, J Capital Research and Quintessential Capital Management, discussed how the voluntary standard can be interwoven with established principles of activist shorting

The nation’s federal banking regulator is considering tweaking 2014’s supplementary leverage ratio

Witnesses from brokers, market utilities and universities are expected to call for amendments to Regulation SHO, Dodd-Frank, and Form 13F, while pitching new concepts for reporting securities lending activities

The ESG-focused not-for-profit has expanded its College of Advisors and is now accepting input from individuals from organisations that engage in securities lending directly, provided they sit outside the lending departments

“It is past time that your agencies stop prioritising the wishes of Wall Street over the public good,” Waters tells US regulators

An SEC commissioner’s speech has given some indication of where the agency stands on further regulations post-GameStop

A half-forgotten section of the US Dodd-Frank Act is being eyed as a vehicle to enact greater oversight of short selling activities and stamp-out perceived market manipulation

Melvin Capital CIO’s testimony before the US House Committee on Financial Services will defend the fund’s short selling practices and highlight the personal attacks he endured during January’s events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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