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Latest research adds to evidence that short selling bans don't work

16 January 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Bans on short-selling in the eurozone are unlikely to prevent share prices from continuing to fall and could cause "more harm than good", according to a Cass Business School study...

Quadriserv posts 2011 sec lending highlights

13 January 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Quadriserv has released the rebate rates of some of the hottest stocks in 2011...

Italy extends short selling ban

13 January 2012 Rome
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Consob has confirmed media reports that a short selling ban on shares of the financial sector has been extended until 24 February ...

Hedge fund flows go out in January

12 January 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Hedge fund flows declined 0.9 per cent in January, said hedge fund administrator GlobeOp...

Overstock.com loses case against Goldman

11 January 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Overstock's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch was dismissed by a judge because the company could not prove the investment firms violated naked short sale rules in California...

Karachi market develops risk system for short sales

10 January 2012 Karachi
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has announced the development of a Risk Management Gateway System (RMGS) for brokerage houses, scheduled for launch by the end of January...

Nigeria's market bans naked shorts for dealing members

09 January 2012 Lagos
Reporter: Anna Reitman

As the Nigerian Stock Exchange moves closer to implementing naked short selling, rules are being finalised and dealing members are out, according to local media reports...

ING creates global equity products unit

09 January 2012 Amsterdam
Reporter: Anna Reitman

In a bid to boost sales and cut costs, ING has merged cash equities, equity derivatives and global securities finance into one unit, reports Bloomberg...

EFPs and blocks up 43% in December announces OneChicago

05 January 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago announced that EFPs and blocks in December 2011 were up 43 per cent at 489,584 traded compared to the previous month...

Citi sets up securities lending in LA

04 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Citi has opened a securities lending office in Los Angeles to expand its OpenLend presence...

OCC stock loan program up in 2011

04 January 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's total cleared contract volume in 2011 reached 4.6 billion contracts, a 17 percent increase over the 2010 volume, marking the ninth consecutive year of record volume for the clearer...

Eurex Group reports 2011 trading volumes

03 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Total trading volume at Eurex Group in 2011 was at 2.8 billion contracts in 2011 with average daily volume of 11.1 million contracts, an increase of 7 per cent over last year...

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