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State Street appoints Minderides

02 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

State Street Global Markets has appointed John Minderides as head of its portfolio solutions business for EMEA...

Shorter interest means longer slump - RBS

02 February 2012 Sydney
Reporter: Anna Reitman

According to a recent study from RBS, increased short selling activity leads to medium term stock underperformance...

ESMA drafts securities lending rules for ETFs

31 January 2012 Paris
Reporter: Anna Reitman

ESMA has introduced requirements for ETF securities lending and collateral management while also broadening the scope to include all UCITS...

SEC charges Wolfson Brothers with short selling violations

31 January 2012 Washington
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The SEC has announced it is charging two brothers living in Chicago and New York with naked short selling violations...

EXCLUSIVE: Brown joins EquiLend

30 January 2012 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

EquiLend Europe adds to client relationship management & sales team...

Data Explorers launches app

30 January 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Data explorers has launched the first iPhone app for the global securities lending market...

Greece extends short selling ban

26 January 2012 Athens
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Greece is extending a short selling ban until 25 July, according to media reports...

eSecLending launches proxy service

26 January 2012 Boston
Reporter: Anna Reitman

eSecLending has launched a new service which will allow institutional investors to evaluate the revenue considerations of recalling shares...

NYSE Group and NASDAQ report January short interest

26 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Short interest increased for NYSE and NASDAQ but NYSE Amex saw a drop in the two-week period to 13 January...

Solvency II an opportunity for hedge funds?

25 January 2012 Nice
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Solvency II could be a unique opportunity for hedge fund strategies to find their way into insurers’ core portfolios, according to recent research from EDHEC Risk Institute...

ESMA launches short selling consultation

24 January 2012 Paris
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a consultation draft on short selling and CDS...

US plan sponsors look to alternative repo - Finadium

23 January 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

US plan sponsors are starting to look closer at alternative repo products as a solution to the challenges they face in securities lending and collateral management programmes...

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