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Russiaâ€™s NSD earns first â€کpremier' status from SWIFT

21 September 2016 Moscow
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Russiaâ€™s central securities depository, the National Settlement Depository, has become the first Eastern European bureau to earn SWIFTâ€™s 'premier' certification status...

Homebuilders hammered by short sellers

19 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Homebuilders have been singled out by short sellers in the week of their earnings announcements, according to IHS Markit...

Gibraltar exchange gains HMRC recognition

16 September 2016 Gibraltar
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has been acknowledged by the board of the UKâ€™s HM Revenue & Customs as a â€کrecognised stock exchangeâ€™...

Banks on track with Basel Capital requirements

15 September 2016 Basel
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Important financial institutions are largely meeting their targets for Basel III capital requirements, according to the latest BCBS Basel III Monitoring Report...

T2S on a roll with wave-three success

15 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Wave-three participants have successfully migrated to the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) pan-European securities settlement platform...

High borrow costs stifle North American short interest

09 September 2016 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

North Americaâ€™s most expensive stocks to borrow have underperformed for a fourth consecutive month, according to IHS Markit...

OneChicago suffers volume drop-off in August

02 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Securities finance exchange OneChicago saw its trading volume fall by 21 percent in August compared to the same time in 2015...

OCC enjoyed a sec lending boom in August

02 September 2016 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporationâ€™s securities lending activity was up 35 percent in new loans in August, compared to 2015, with 160,798 transactions recorded...

Eurex Repo average volume falls in August

01 September 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Repoâ€™s average outstanding volume in August was â‚¬32 billion below what was recorded in the same month in 2015, parent company Deutsche Bأ¶rse has reported...

Vanguard to open ETFs to sec lending

31 August 2016 Pennsylvania
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Vanguard Asset Management is preparing to allow select exchange-traded funds to engage in securities lending transactions as an additional revenue source...

EXCLUSIVE: Eurex offers respite from capital costs

30 August 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Clearing is preparing to offer a new hybrid membership model that combines elements of a direct clearing membership and the traditional client clearing service model...

Hong Kong slaps Morgan Stanley with $2.4 million fine

24 August 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morgan Stanley has been fined USD 2.4 million by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for â€œinternal control failuresâ€‌, including inadequate disclosure of short selling orders...

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