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SEC settles first-of-its-kind shorting suit

06 January 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled a first-of-its-kind cease-and-desist proceedings against the senior management of Wilson-Davis & Co, a Utah-based broker-dealer, for short selling violations...

Norway's regulator unable to take new shorting data

03 January 2017 Oslo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norwegian short sellers are currently unable to fulfil new short selling disclosure requirements due to the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority website experiencing ‘technical problems’...

Singapore to tighten short selling rules

16 December 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Monetary Authority of Singapore as proposed a series short selling reforms to enhance market transparency...

SIFMA calls for regulatory impact assessment

09 December 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIFMA's managing director has urged the US House of Representatives to assess the cumulative impact of regulation on short-term financing, identifying “potential, but not exhaustive, areas of concern”...

Cash collateral opened to central banks

08 December 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurosystem central banks will now be able to accept cash collateral in their public sector purchase programme’s securities lending facilities, without having to reinvest it in a ‘cash-neutral manner’...

ECB to extend APP to December 2017

08 December 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank will continue with a reduced version of it asset purchase programme until December 2017, after the original March 2017 cut-off...

Hong Kong proposed fresh liquidity rules

24 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is aiming to reinforce market stability through new regulatory proposals that would require securities lending participants to ensure cash reinvestment strategies are “sufficiently liquid”...