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ESMA polishes up market making exemption


05 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final guidelines on the exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under the Short Selling Regulation...
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European investors bite nails over MiFID transparency


05 February 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Over half of European investors polled say that the MiFID II proposal to force all quotes in fixed income instruments to be firm and disclosed to the market will have a negative impact on trading activity and reduce liquidity...
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BlackRock contests plumbers and pipefitters lawsuit


05 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A lawsuit from two pension plans had landed BlackRock’s securities lending scheme in trouble, after it was alleged that the asset management firm had taken revenue out of investors’ hands...
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Securities lending CCP activities up for OCC


04 February 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Total cleared contract volume in January reached 365,027,878 contracts for OCC. This represents an 8 percent increase from the January 2012 volume of 337,222,938 contracts...
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The Salvation Army versus BNY Mellon continues


01 February 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit from The Salvation Army that claims BNY Mellon mismanaged its assets by investing the collateral used for securities lending in risky mortgage backed securities...
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Spain in short selling move


01 February 2013 Madrid
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Spain’s financial markets regulator has lifted its ban on short selling as markets rally...
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A slew of feedback for the FSB


31 January 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Seventy different firms and associations have crafted replies to the Financial Stability Board's (FSB's) 2012 consultative documents on strengthening oversight and regulation of shadow banking...
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Short selling extension continues for Greece


30 January 2013 Athens
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) has decided to once again extend its ban on short selling for a further three months, effective from 1 February...