A half-forgotten section of the US Dodd-Frank Act is being eyed as a vehicle to enact greater oversight of short selling activities and stamp-out perceived market manipulation
Ciaran O’Flynn is set to hand over control of Morgan Stanley’s BRM business to Tejash Patel and is expected to assume a new leadership role after five years reforming the division’s sales, trading and treasury functions
The ERCC’s SFTR taskforce has updated its reporting guide a sixth time to reflect new guidance on Brexit, settlement fails and LEIs, among other changes
CPP Investments brings $475.7 billion in assets under management (as of 31 December 2020) to the peer-to-peer lending pool the association is forming, which already accounted for more than $6 trillion from 11 members as of January
Melvin Capital CIO’s testimony before the US House Committee on Financial Services will defend the fund’s short selling practices and highlight the personal attacks he endured during January’s events
HSBC Global Asset Management is relaunching its securities lending programme for 25 ETFs next month but will exclude seven sustainable equity funds, representing a combined £285 million AUM, on ESG grounds
The European Commission says it will not act on the ESMA’s findings of German regulatory negligence over Wirecard until domestic investigations conclude next year
Hindenburg Research is making the positive case for activist short sellers by releasing a report into a healthcare firm it says is defrauding elderly customers and misleading retail investors, while refusing to profit from a short position
