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Associations offer mixed review of FSB data proposals


08 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry associations have expressed a preference for the use of position level data to make securities lending more transparent, in a response letter to the Financial Stability Board’s data experts group meeting...
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HTC loses Asian exchange top-spot


07 September 2015 Taiwan
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The continued free-fall of smartphone maker HTC’s stock value has resulted in it being dropped from Taiwan Stock Exchange’s 50 largest listed firms index...
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BSE adds rollover option for sec lending contracts


07 September New Delhi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has launched a rollover facility for its securities exchange service in an attempt to boost interest in the securities lending market...
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ECB pessimism triggers euro slump


04 September 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its growth and inflation forecasts, causing the euro to drop to a two-week low...
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ISLA: demand up for equity as collateral


03 September London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Equities now take up 57 percent of all collateral held by triparty service providers, according to an International Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Lending Association (ISLA) market study...
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OneChicago sees August highs


02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OneChicago, a securities finance exchange, boasted a 57 percent increase in its trading volume from 2014 for August 2015, with more than a million recorded trades...
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OCC enjoys August sec lending climb


02 September 2015 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has announced that its securities lending central counterparty clearing activity was up 27 percent for new loans in August 2015 with 119,360 transactions...
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Japan adds T bills to sec lending facility


01 September 2015 Tokyo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Bank of Japan will now include treasury discount bills (T bills) as approved securities to be sold through the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Lending Facility, following the recent turmoil in Asian markets...
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Boom time for short sellers


01 September 2015 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Short sellers enjoyed the highest level of average short positions heading into the downturn in over 18 months...
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Taiwanese tech companies look shaky


27 August 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The turmoil in Asian financial markets has prompted short sellers to target Taiwan’s technology companies, according to Markit Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Finance...
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Asian repo relies on standard best practices


25 August 2015 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

An efficient Asian repo market could help to develop infrastructure and benefit the economy, but it is being held back by inconsistencies between countries, according to a report by ASIFMA and ICMA...
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D’Eramo joins RBC Investor & Treasury Services


24 August 2015 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Don D’Eramo as head of distribution and product development for securities finance within treasury and market services activity...