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Clearstream and ISS launch proxy voting services

02 March 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Clearstream and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have launched a service which will allow customers to manage meetings for assets in the securities lending programme and vote on positions pledged as collateral...

OCC securities lending up 7% in February

02 March 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's stock loan program, including OTC and AQS, saw a seven per cent increase in new loan activity with 68,820 new loan transactions in February....

Clearstream and BNP Paribas team up

29 February 2012 Luxembourg
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Clearstream and BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) have signed a letter of intent to intensify their cooperation on collateral management...

Rule Financial announces senior hires

29 February 2012 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Rule Financial has made a number of senior hires to support its growing business...

AIG's securities lending bailout portfolio closes

29 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The New York Fed has announced the sale of the remaining securities in the Maiden Lane II portfolio, generating a net $2.8 billion gain for the benefit of the public...

Greece taxes OTC securities lending

28 February 2012 Athens
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Greek parliament has voted a new tax of 0.2 per cent on OTC securities lending transactions that settle in the local CSD...

NYSE Group and NASDAQ report February short interest

27 February 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Short interest was relatively flat for NYSE and NASDAQ though NYSE Amex saw an increase for the two-week period to 15 February....

ICMA's Paris office gets new director

24 February 2012 Paris
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Nicholas Pfaff has joined ICMA as a director in the Market Practice and Regulatory Policy department to strengthen the team in the association's Paris office...

Italy's short selling ban to expire - Bloomberg

23 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Italy will not be extending a short selling ban due to expire tomorrow said the chairman of Consob speaking to press at the London Stock Exchange, reports Bloomberg...

ESMA short selling drafts keep coming

21 February 2012 London
Reporter: Anna Reitman

With one comment period for ESMA's latest standards on short selling and credit default swap (CDS) rules ended and the next one released, participants have spoken out over the short time frame provided while also expressing concerns over definitions

EU regulators adopt CDS short selling rules

21 February 2012 Brussels
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The European Council has adopted rules which introduce common EU disclosure requirements and harmonise powers in "exceptional circumstances"...

BMO expands SunGard's securities finance system

21 February 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Anna Reitman

BMO Capital Markets has expanded its use of SunGard's securities finance solutions for trade processing, operations and reporting...

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