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A slew of feedback for the FSB

31 January 2013 Switzerland
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Seventy different firms and associations have crafted replies to the Financial Stability Board's (FSB's) 2012 consultative documents on strengthening oversight and regulation of shadow banking...

Beneficial owner conference: absolute regulation disrupts absolutely

31 January 2013 New Orleans
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The IMN Beneficial Owners’ International Securities Lending Conference had to compete with Mardi Gras and the run-up to the Super Bowl for its attendees’ attention...

Short selling extension continues for Greece

30 January 2013 Athens
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) has decided to once again extend its ban on short selling for a further three months, effective from 1 February...

FRC says it will not pursue Ernst & Young over Lehman failure

30 January 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has decided that no action should be taken against Ernst & Young over the accounting firm’s auditing of Lehman Brothers...

Markit adopts Selerity’s dividend event data

29 January 2013 London and New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Markit plans to integrate Selerity’s dividend event data into its dividend product platform...

ISLA names Andrew Dyson as new COO

28 January 2013 London
Reporter: Jenna Jones

The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has appointed Andrew Dyson to the newly created role of chief operating officer starting in March 2013...

ForexClear reaches $500 billion notional cleared

28 January 2013 New York
Reporter: Jenna Jones

LCH. Clearnet has cleared more than $500 billion in notional of FX NDFs through its ForexClear service since it launched in March 2012. The volumes were driven by figures of $207 billion in Q4...

Exclusives are the bright spark amidst cowed volumes

28 January 2013 Boston
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Client auctions in 2012 represented some of the highest revenue generating auctions in the firm’s history, announced eSecLending in a release...

Management changes up at Eurex Repo and Bonds

25 January 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Eurex Group announced management changes at both Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds GmbH...

Mark Patterson exits Macquarie

25 January 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Mark Patterson, who worked on Macquarie's dividend arbitrage and stock loan desk in London, has left the bank...

Zubair Nizami wraps up at Robeco

24 January 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Zubair Nizami, a senior securities lending trader at Robeco is set to depart in February, sources confirm...

Agent lenders asked indemnification questions, says Finadium

24 January 2013 Concord
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Strong institutional participation, stabilised fee splits and concern over indemnification were just three of the trends that Finadium identified in its securities lending survey...

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