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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...

No remedy in sight for biotech sector

24 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short interest in biotech stocks are at record highs as a handful of stocks post positive returns, according to Markit...

Bank de France launches sec lending on GC Access

23 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

France’s central bank has made high-quality collateral available for securities lending through Euroclear’s GC Access programme...

Hedge funds hungry for more risk

22 March 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Hedge funds are slightly revising up their risk appetite after reassurance from the US Federal Reserve on the building consumer price index, according to Lyxor’s Weekly Brief...

Markit and IHS to merge

21 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial research providers IHS and Markit are planning a merger valued at $13 billion...

Overgrown hedge fund numbers facing major pruning

18 March 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The number of hedge fund closures in 2015 was at its highest level since the financial crisis, while the number of new launches was at its lowest since 2010, according to a Hedge Fund Research (HFR) Market Microstructure Report...

Wagner to join Cali hedge fund association board

17 March 2016 San Francisco
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Adam Wagner, the chief operating officer of Blue Jay Capital Management has been voted to become a director on the California Hedge Fund Association board of directors...

Deutsche Börse and LSEG reach merger agreement

16 March 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse have reached an agreement on the terms of an all-share merger of equals, which will not be dependent on the outcome of the UK’s European Union referendum...

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