Short selling in Japanese equities showed signs of increasing in the last week of May, according to Karl Loomes, market analyst at SunGard Astec Analytics...
Securities lending and repo desks should move closer together to provide a better overview of collateral, according to one panellist at ISLA’s annual conference in Prague...
‘Shadow banking’ was one of the worst terms that could have been coined to describe activities such as securities lending, according to Steven Maijoor of the European Securities and Markets Authority...
HSBC Securities Services has expanded its broker-dealer outsourcing solution to cover Europe, Asia, the US, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa...
14 June 2013Brussels and New York Reporter: Georgina Lavers
The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) is urging regulators to exempt CCPs from the bail-in provisions of the banking recovery and resolution framework proposal...
13 June 2013Garden City, New York Reporter: Mark Dugdale
Concept Capital Markets has recruited Jay Davis from J.P. Morgan as senior vice president for client service in its prime brokerage services group. The firm has also opened a new office in San Francisco...
The Chicago Board Options Exchange will pay a $6 million penalty and implement major remedial measures for “[failing] to enforce or even fully comprehend rules to prevent abusive short selling”...
Singapore Exchange is consulting the public on proposed circuit breakers for the securities market. Subject to regulatory approval and industry readiness, it plans to introduce them by the end of 2013...
