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Overstock.com loses case against Goldman

11 January 2012 San Francisco
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Overstock's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch was dismissed by a judge because the company could not prove the investment firms violated naked short sale rules in California...

FSB announces Hildebrand resignation

11 January 2012 Basel
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Financial Stability Board has announced the Philipp Hildebrand's resignation as vice chairman...

"Broad agreement" on FTT in European Parliament

10 January 2012 Brussels
Reporter: Anna Reitman

A "very broad agreement" in favour of an EU financial transaction tax emerged at the start of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee's work on the legislative proposal...

Conifer taps hedge fund veteran for sales team

10 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Conifer Group has announced the appointment of Howard Eisen to join its Securities sales team as it expands its client base to include alternative asset managers of all stripes...

Karachi market develops risk system for short sales

10 January 2012 Karachi
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has announced the development of a Risk Management Gateway System (RMGS) for brokerage houses, scheduled for launch by the end of January...

Nigeria's market bans naked shorts for dealing members

09 January 2012 Lagos
Reporter: Anna Reitman

As the Nigerian Stock Exchange moves closer to implementing naked short selling, rules are being finalised and dealing members are out, according to local media reports...

ING creates global equity products unit

09 January 2012 Amsterdam
Reporter: Anna Reitman

In a bid to boost sales and cut costs, ING has merged cash equities, equity derivatives and global securities finance into one unit, reports Bloomberg...

EFPs and blocks up 43% in December announces OneChicago

05 January 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OneChicago announced that EFPs and blocks in December 2011 were up 43 per cent at 489,584 traded compared to the previous month...

Citi sets up securities lending in LA

04 January 2012 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Citi has opened a securities lending office in Los Angeles to expand its OpenLend presence...

OCC stock loan program up in 2011

04 January 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's total cleared contract volume in 2011 reached 4.6 billion contracts, a 17 percent increase over the 2010 volume, marking the ninth consecutive year of record volume for the clearer...

Eurex Group reports 2011 trading volumes

03 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Total trading volume at Eurex Group in 2011 was at 2.8 billion contracts in 2011 with average daily volume of 11.1 million contracts, an increase of 7 per cent over last year...

Norwegian banks fined for short selling violations

02 January 2012 Oslo
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Norway's economic crime prosecutor has fined four finance companies NOK400,000 (€51,586) for allowing shares to be sold short before they were eligible for trading...

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