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Sweden warns on short selling ban
24 March 2011 Stockholm
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The head of Sweden's National Debt Office has sounded a note of caution on the EU's proposals to ban naked short selling...

PrinceRidge Group selects ReadQ Systems
23 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

ReadQ Systems, Inc. recently announced that New York broker-dealer The PrinceRidge Group, LLC has selected their QTIX trading system for its start-up financing desk.

BTIG still growing
23 March 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

BTIG Ltd has expanded its London office with the appointment of three sales trading professionals: Chris McGale, Jon Clements and Adam Bowers.

Aronovitz exits OneChicago
23 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Abel Aronovitz, director, institutional sales at OneChicago and the company have parted ways after two years, it is understood the time was right for Aronovitz to move on to the next step in his career although the next move is not known at present.

Paladyne to expand in Asia as growth continues
22 March 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Paladyne Systems has announced expansion plans in Hong Kong as demand grows for its FastStart software...

dR Russia Desk launches Russia and CIS intelligence service
21 March 2011 Moscow
Reporter: Justin Lawson

dealReporter, a Financial Times Group company, has launched its new Russia and CIS intelligence service, the Russia Desk....

Huettner joins securities finance platform BondLend
21 March 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Oscar Huettner has joined BondLend as Director and product manager. Huettner will join the fixed income securities finance platform in April and will report to BondLendâ€™s CEO, Brian Lamb. He will be based out of the companyâ€™s New York Headquarter

Ratio of longs to shorts at a six year high
18 March 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

New research from Data Explorers shows that the ratio of longs to shorts has hit a six year high...

New lending reporting solution from Northern Trust
18 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has created a report to assist insurance companies with regulatory filings on securities lending programmes...

Capco to develop hedge fund and prime services offering
18 March 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Capco has appointed Gary Goldberg as a Director in the companyâ€™s UK Capital Markets team. Gary will focus on growing Capcoâ€™s presence in the hedge funds and prime services segments of this market.

Financial Markets cannot function effectively without short selling
17 March 2011 Data Explorers
Reporter: Justin Lawson

At the recent Data Explorers London Securities Financing Forum Will Duff Gordon hosted a panel of three short selling academics, unfortunately a journalist rather critical of short selling could not make the panel. Each academic made their case for

Senate to give new guidelines on securities lending
17 March 2011 Washington DC
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Two US government committee reports have published new guidelines on how securities lending should be explained and practiced in 401(k) plans...