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It's all Mapped out

27 May 2010 New York
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SunGard has launched MarketMap, a multi-asset, market data, analysis and information services solution in the U.S. MarketMap is a global solution providing data from 160 global exchanges, news feeds and over-the-counter (OTC) sources.

Data Explorers offers unprecedented copyright freedom

26 May 2010 New York
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Data Explorers, today announced that its industry standard reference book is available through a Creative Commons license. This allows anyone to copy, distribute and remix the work for non-commercial uses. To view go to LongShortReport.com

4sight Wins 4

26 May 2010 Edinburgh
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4sight has signed four new customers for its Securities Finance software. The new client wins mean 4sight has now increased its client base to thirty financial institutions and new sales revenue has grown 150% year on year as a result.

Still Hiring

26 May 2010 Amsterdam
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Prime Fund Solutions (PFS), the brokerage arm of Fortis Bank Nederland soon to be Credit Suisse has made a number of new hires across its global network of offices. New members of the team include; Jay Moghe, Martin Lui, Jason Ganz and Stephen Kane.

Data Explorers Global Top 10 Shorts and Squeezes

25 May 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

A quick snapshot of some of the companies attracting interest from the industry at present. For more information, graphs or statistics contact Data Explorers.

Austrians extend naked short ban

25 May 2010 Vienna
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The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) extends the current temporary ban on naked short selling of shares of Erste Group Bank AG, Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG, UNIQA Versicherungen AG and WIENER STAEDTISCHE Versicherung AG

Change to SOMA Securities Lending Program

25 May 2010 New York
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Open Market Trading Desk is making changes to the System Open Market Account (SOMA) securities lending program.

SunGard integrates AQS Trade Data

24 May 2010 London
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SunGard has integrated executed, market-driven trade data derived from Quadriserv's AQS securities lending market into SunGard's Astec Analytics platform, its solution for securities lending performance measurement and program management.

Data Explorers New Concentration Ratio

24 May 2010 London
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Data Explorers today launched its Concentration Ratio analytics. This brings a new level of transparency into securities financing and helps mitigate the risk of short squeezes.

The Texan RFP

22 May 2010 Fort Worth
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The City of Fort Worth is requesting proposals for Securities Lending from banks doing business in Texas or primary dealers.

Citi Launches New Collateral Management Unit

22 May 2010 New York
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Citi recently announced the creation of a new Collateral Management Services unit within its Securities and Fund Services business. Rajen Shah joins from JPMorgan Chase as Global Head; Pierre Mengal joins from Standard Chartered as Asia Regional Head

CalPERS applaudes US Senate

21 May 2010 Sacramento
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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today applauded the US Senate for passing the most sweeping overhaul of financial market regulations since the Great Depression.

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