With Nigeria recently implementing securities lending mechanisms in its market, Kenya and UAE are announcing some forward motion as well, note Standard Chartered's personnel in the regions at a recent frontier markets seminar...
OneChicago saw its EFP activity post best year-to-date month with over 130,000 contracts, representing more than $1.2 billion in notional value and up 30 per cent over October...
J.P. Morgan has announced the expansion of its Prime Custody service to hedge fund clients of its European Prime Brokerage business through a fully integrated platform...
Members of the Bank of England's Securities Lending and Repo Committee (SLRC) noted that European short selling bans were disruptive for the equity securities lending markets and considered inviting CCP providers to future meetings...
Taiwan’s regulators urged insurers to stop lending securities to short sellers, seeking to bolster equities after heavy losses on markets, according to Businessweek....
Short selling in UAE markets may be approved as early as the second half of 2012, said financial regulator, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) at a SunGard Dubai City Day event held on 23 November...
Euroclear France, the French central securities depository (CSD), has launched its first triparty collateral management service for the French market...
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