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Sovereign wealth funds cash in on collateral squeeze

04 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Sovereign wealth funds and central banks are emerging as large scale collateral providers, according to a study by BNY Mellon and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum...

CBA and SBSA kickstart Kenya’s repo market

04 April 2016 Nairobi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

A first-of-its-kind East African cross-currency repo transaction between Commercial Bank of Africa and Standard Bank of Southern Africa, worth $25 million, was completed in March...

OCC sec finance rockets up in March

04 April 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation saw its central counterparty securities lending new loan volume soar by 47 percent year-on-year in March...

Committee on financial policy backs BOE repo pledge

01 April 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The BOE's committee on financial policy has endorsed the central bank’s decision to offer three additional indexed long-term repo operations while continuing to offer dollar liquidity in the weeks around the UK’s 23 June EU referendum...

Burgess takes the helm of SASLA

01 April 2016 Cape Town
Reporter: Drew Nicol

James Burgess of Macquarie Securities has reclaimed his role as chair of the South African Securities Lending Association...

FIS hot stocks: 21 March

31 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Technology, manufacturing and energy companies once again earned the most short interest during the week beginning 21 March but they are in danger because too expensive to borrow, according to the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list...

Re-energised oil market forces short sellers to cover

30 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers have covered 16 percent of positions in North American energy stocks since February, after some of the most affected energy companies begin to recover, according to Markit...

FIS hot stocks: 14 March

24 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers took aim at all things tech last week as a digital security provider, social media giant and a renewable battery developer took the top spots in the FIS Astec Analytics hot stocks list for the week starting 14 March...