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EuroCCP to Clear Trades for the Spanish MTF, PAVE

01 March 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

EuroCCP, the pan-European cash equities clearing house, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PAVE, (Plataforma Alternativa de Valores Españoles), Spain’s first multilateral trading facility (MTF), to become the clearing house for PA

NBAD to launch Shariah repos

28 February 2011 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has announced that it is to launch an Islamic repo product within the next fortnight...

Canada to relax short selling rules

28 February 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organisation of Canada (IIROC) has announced plans to remove restrictions on short selling in falling markets...

ISLA seeks topics for conference

24 February 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The organisers of the forthcoming ISLA/AFME International Securities Lending Conference in Portugal in June are soliciting industry views for topics to be discussed during round table sessions...

Northern Trust to acquire BOISS

24 February 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has reached an agreement to acquire the fund administration, investment operations outsourcing and custody business of the Bank of Ireland Group, Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BOISS)...

Viking Global sues Porsche

23 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Viking Global Investors is suing Porsche over short selling losses the company incurred during the takeover of Volkswagen...

Tree Top under fire from short sellers

23 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The common stock of Tree Top Industries experienced another rash of naked short selling, verified according to FINRA...

White paper: What Basel III Means for Securities Lending and Collateral Management

23 February 2011 Concord
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Finadium have published a new research report looking into what Basel III means for securities lending and collateral management

HKEx adds 70 new securities to short selling list

22 February 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has announced that with effect from 25 February 2011,70 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 17 existing designated securities will be removed from the list.

BOC launches RMB repo facilities

22 February 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Bank of China (Hong Kong) has launched securities sale and repurchase facilities through the Central Moneymarkets Unit to facilitate intraday liquidity management of Participating Banks in the RMB Clearing System (RTGS)...

Lombard expands management team

21 February 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Lombard Risk Management has appointed three key executives to join the existing senior management team in leading the company through the planned expansion following the rapid growth experienced in 2010 (34 per cent rise in revenues in half year to S

Clearstream figures rise

17 February 2011 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Clearstream has announced a rise in the assets under custody and a big jump in securities lending services...

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