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Short sellers remain sceptical of Herbalife success

07 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Billionaire investor George Soros recently took a large stake in Herbalife—the weight management and nutritional supplement firm—but short sellers aren’t buying into the rising share prices, say SunGard...

Asset managers look to sec lending for revenue and liquidity

07 August 2013 Concord
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A “healthy majority” of large asset managers have embraced their securities lending programmes to generate both revenue and liquidity, but challenges remain, according to Finadium’s 2013 survey...

Kay's future for lending fees has stalled, says committee

06 August 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Over a year has passed since Professor John Kay published his report on equity markets—commissioned by the UK government—and the industry has still not changed, say critics...

OneChicago scores July equity futures increase

02 August 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OneChicago saw its equity futures volume rise in July, beating the previous year by 58 percent. Open interest stood at 611,092 contracts on the equity finance exchange at the end of July 2013, up 36 percent year-over-year...

All rise for OCC

02 August 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

OCC’s clear contract volume increased 6 percent in July as securities lending activity rose 53 percent...

Canadian equities lose ground within pension plans

31 July 2013 Toronto
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Pension assets remained unchanged during the second quarter of 2013, as a spike in interest rates in June negated advances in April and May...

Singapore and Japan cross collateral borders

26 July 2013 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Bank of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have established a cross-border collateral arrangement that lets foreign banks in Singapore get their hands on local dollars by using Japanese government bonds as collateral...

Prosecutor going after SAC hints at more to come

26 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A federal grand jury has charged SAC Capital, a US hedge fund, over alleged insider trading. Eight individuals have also been charged so far, with six pleading guilty, according to a New York district attorney...

European CSDs to settle down early

24 July 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Euroclear’s central securities depositories in Belgium, France and the Netherlands will settle all transactions on a T+2 basis from October 2014...

Low lending revenue offsets good quarter for BNY Mellon

23 July 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Investment services fees for BNY Mellon's second quarter of this year totalled $1.7 billion, an increase of 4 percent year-over-year...

One in three financial institutions will accept cheap collateral

22 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Over a third of financial institutions believe that it is acceptable for collateral to be low quality, complex and opaque, so long as it is cheap...

TradeStation adjusts pricing options

18 July 2013 Florida
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TradeStation, a Monex Group company that acts as a broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, has announced new pricing policies designed to give equities and options traders flexibility and better value...

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