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No more naked in Germany

19 May 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter:

General Decree of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on the prohibition of uncovered short-selling transactions in debt securities of Member States of the EU whose legal currency is the euro of 18 May 2010

Turkish repo rate decision

19 May 2010 Ankara
Reporter:

The Monetary Policy Committee (The Committee) has decided to keep overnight rates unchanged as follows, and to implement the technical rate adjustment by setting the one week repo auction rate at 7 percent

Tri-Party Repo Reform

17 May 2010 New York
Reporter:

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the publication of a white paper on the work of the Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement (Repo) Infrastructure Reform Task Force. The white paper highlights policy concerns over weaknesses

State Street acquires Intesa Sanpaolo's Securities Services business

17 May 2010 Boston
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State Street Now the Largest Investment Service Provider in Italy; Expands Presence in Luxembourg. Gains Long-Term Investment Servicing Agreement with Eurizon Capital, the Largest Fund Manager in Italy

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing tops two

16 May 2010 Pittsburgh
Reporter:

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, has been ranked No.1 in the Single Provider and USD 1-10 Billion categories within Global Custodian magazine's 2010 Securities Lending survey.

South African repo rate kept the same

14 May 2010 Pretoria
Reporter:

Following on from the recent Monetary Policy Committee of the SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) meeting, the repo rate will remain at 6.5 percent. The prime rate would therefore remain set at 10 percent.

Systemic short sale wrist slap

13 May 2010 Washington, D.C
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FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities, National Financial Services a Total of $925,000 for Systemic Short Sale Violations. Both Firms Facilitated Customer Execution of Short Sales Through Direct Market Access Order Systems That Violated the 'Locate'

Unlawful Short Selling

12 May 2010 Washington, D.C.
Reporter:

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Boca Raton residents for engaging in illegal short selling of securities in advance of participating in numerous secondary offerings to make illicit profits.

Credit Suisse agrees to buy Fortis Bank Nederland’s PFS business

10 May 2010 Zurich
Reporter:

Credit Suisse has entered into an agreement to purchase from Fortis Bank Nederland its Prime Fund Solutions business ("PFS"), a leader in hedge fund administration services. The acquisition enhances Credit Suisse’s offering to alternatives

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