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SEC fires warning shot at Robinhood for GameStop buy ban

29 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The US SEC has offered a thinly-veiled warning to Robinhood that it will be investigating its decision to ban investors from buying several stocks that have surged in recent weeks

After GameStop backlash, Citron Research will no longer release short reports

29 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Citron Research will stop publishing short seller reports after 20 years, with Andrew Left claiming “it’s completely lost its focus”, in recent years

GameStop: The real data story and what it means for securities lending

28 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

GameStop’s skyrocketing share price, led by retail investors mobilised on a Reddit forum, has captured the world’s attention with headlines citing short sellers' losses running into the billions of dollars, but does this tell the whole story?

MarketAxess reveals 2020 Regulatory Reporting Hub and SFTR profits and costs

28 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The firm’s post-trade business now boasts almost 1,000 active clients, including more than 500 new firms brought onboard as part of the RRH deal

Canadian pension plans ended 2020 on a high, Northern Trust data shows

26 January 2021 Canada
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Northern Trust Canada Universe shows Canadian pension plans shrugged off a poor start to 2020, closing with 10 per cent gains for the year

Cecabank selects Broadridge for proxy voting services

26 January 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Broadridge’s solution is already live and is providing Cecabank’s domestic and cross-border institutional clients with a fully automated global proxy voting service

ISDA’s master agreement goes digital

22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ISDA has made its master agreement digitally available on ISDA’s Create platform, as part of the rollout, the ISDA clause library is also being added to the platform

Northern Trust sees YoY revenue growth

22 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Northern Trust has continued the trend of agent lenders achieving year-on-year (YoY) growth for 2020 despite lacklustre returns in Q4

Citi executes first SBL trade in Romanian securities

22 January 2021 Romania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

With the addition of Romania, Citi now supports securities lending in 74 markets

South Street Securities launches equity finance business

21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US broker-dealer aims to leverage its capital base and balance sheet to become a niche player in the hard-to-borrow space and provide multiple solutions regarding the financing of securities and collateral

BNY Mellon achieves YoY lending revenue growth despite headwinds

21 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

BNY Mellon reported a decrease in securities lending revenue for last quarter of 2020 but saw a modest YoY growth in its full-year earnings from its agency lending business

LSEG to complete Refinitiv acquisition next week

20 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LSEG has confirmed that completion of its all-share acquisition of Refinitiv will occur on 29 January following European Commission approval last week

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