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Touch technology firm sees short interest rise


22 January 2013 California
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A new entrant in SunGard Astec Analytic’s top ten stocks from a securities lending focus, InvenSense saw its share price make good gains in the week of 13 January ahead of its upcoming earnings results...
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Eurex Exchange Council elects chairpersons


22 January 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

At its meeting on 21 January 2014, the Exchange Council of Eurex Deutschland elected a new chairperson, as well as the vice chairman for the next three years...
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McGovern leaves Citi for BBH


21 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Michael McGovern has left Citi for Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), as managing director, CIO and head of systems at the firm...
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Euroclear states that its figures "eclipse" rivals


21 January 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Average daily collateral outstanding on Euroclear’s global collateral highway climbed from €700 billion at the end of 2012 to over €787 billion at the end of 2013, with peaks of up to €830 billion in the second half of the year...
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Question of Volcker Rule foreign coverage answered


20 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Frank Mayer, Timothy McTaggart and Jonathan Levin of law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP have asserted that “location, location, location” is the most important aspect of the Volcker Rule’s requirements on foreign banking entities...
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Investor exodus from macro funds


17 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

A new report suggests that investors have abandoned macro funds in 2013 as higher-risk alternatives proved to be more profitable...
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BoE to make borrowing easier for banks


17 January 2014 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The Bank of England has launched new indexed long-term repo operations (ILTR), which it believes will help to provide liquidity insurance to the banking system...
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Fraud rumours send Mindray Medical rocketing


17 January 2014 Beijing
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Whisperings of fraud are continuing to distress Mindray Medical, with a high amount of the Chinese firm’s stock having been borrowed since October...
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BCS hires John Barker from Liquidnet


16 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

BCS, the trader of equities and FX on the Russian exchange, has appointed John Barker as executive chairman of BCS Financial Group in London. Barker started his new role at BCS in January 2014...
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Collateral management systems made defunct


16 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Interactive Data Corporation and Matrix Applications have agreed to provide data and tools to help asset managers to navigate the process of margining forward-settling trades...
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Michael Messinger rejoins Maxim Group


15 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Maxim Group has hired Michael Messinger as an executive managing director and co-head of the fixed income group...
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Anticipated €50bn cash-flow drag from FTT


15 January 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

There will be an estimated an annual cash-flow drag of €30–50 billion resulting from the Financial Transaction Tax, suggested a report...