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Steffen Jordan leaves SEB

17 January 2018 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Jordan was head of markets for Germany for two years and head of securities finance for 11 years

Switzerland reviews securities lending transactions rules

17 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Switzerland’s FTA has re-opened the rulebook on the country’s withholding tax

Murex’s MX.3 goes live at Nationwide

17 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Murex's MX.3 front-to-back risk platform has gone live for Nationwide Building Society's treasury business

tZero to accept KodakCoin

17 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Blockchain platform tZero is set to include KodakCoin as its new platform’s first cryptocurrency

Short selling receives green light in Kenya

16 January 2018 Nairobi
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Kenya is to launch a regulated short selling and securities lending service after it was given approval by the country’s Capital Markets Authority

Preparation, caution and improved NCB lending saves year-end repo

16 January 2018 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The improved securities lending programmes of EU national central banks has been praised by the industry as a crucial antidote to the year-end liquidity woes last month, according to ICMA

ISLA: German investment tax guidance overhaul is imminent

15 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

A revised draft to the German Investment Tax Act (GITA 2018) guidance notes is due within ten days, according to ISLA

Lombard Risk share prices soars after Vermeg takeover offer

12 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Lombard Risk has agreed to a cash for shares takeover offer from Vermeg Group

BlackRock reports sec lending revenue rise

12 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

BlackRock’s securities lending revenue for Q4 2017 exceeded the previous year’s quarterly total by $12 million

Securities lending invaluable to insurers, says Swiss Re director

12 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Beneficial owners benefit from risk reduction, yield enhancement, and collateral, according to Swiss Re Group’s director of head of global collateral

ESMA reviews short selling rulebook

11 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Bans on short selling should instead only stop further increasing of net short positions, according to ESMA in its latest short selling regulation release

Shenzhen Stock Exchange expands shorting lists

10 January 2018 Hong Kong
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has increased the number of underlying stocks available for margin trading and short selling

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