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ICMA publishes 2011 Global Master Repurchase Agreement

16 May 2011 Zurich
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), has published the 2011 version of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA); the most widely used legal agreement for documenting transactions in the cross-border repo market.

Clearstream and Euroclear set new securities framework

03 May 2011 Brussels
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream have developed a new industry framework to increase transparency and efficiency for the issuance and asset servicing of international securities in collaboration with the International Securities Market Advisory Group (

Naked short selling relief

02 May 2011 Canberra
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made a minor amendment to ASIC Class Order [CO 09/774] Naked short selling relief for market makers ([CO 09/774]), which allows licensed market makers to short sell securities in the....

Study: EU ineffective

01 February 2011 London
Reporter: steven Lafferty

Independent Study: An EU proposal for the public disclosure of the net short positions of individual managers risks distorting financial markets and is not effective

AIMA responds to ESMA consultation on AIFMD

17 January 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has called for the implemented form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to be flexible, proportionate and based on the principles of openness and transparency.

Pakistan plans settlement automation

15 December 2010 Karachi
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the project of ‘Automation of Securities Settlement’, at the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC), which will be effective on December 20.

Denmark warns against bank short selling

08 December 2010 Copenhagen
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Danish FSA has warned against possible short selling in Danish banks with share issues...

EU wants tougher short selling rules

03 December 2010 Brussels
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The European Union has published a draft law that is set to clamp down further on short selling and credit default swaps...

The new ICMA region

10 November 2010 Moscow
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) elevates Russia and the CIS states to form a new ICMA region

Coastal Pacific Mining added to naked short list

04 November 2010 Calgary
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Coastal Pacific Mining Corp. (OTCBB: CPMCF) ("Coastal Pacific" or the "Company"), announced today that BUYINS.NET, reported that Coastal Pacific Mining has been added to the Threshold Security Lists (aka "Naked Short List").

RMA warns SEC against proxy voting changes

03 November 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Risk Management Association's (RMA) Committee on Securities Lending has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to support further study of "empty voting" before making changes to the proxy voting system...

Former trader jailed

01 November 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

A former trader who worked at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America has been jailed for conspiring to place business with certain brokerages in return for kickbacks.

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