BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, has announced that James Slater will become Global Head of Securities Lending following the retirement of Kathy Rulong on July 1, 2011.
OneChicago, LLC, has renamed one of its security futures products to OCX.NoDivRisk from OCX.NoDiv. The exchange believes the new identifier for the product suite, which removes dividend risk, better reflects its value to investors....
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published on its website a request for public comment on the feasibility, benefits, and costs of two short selling disclosure regimes...
NorthPoint's prime services and technologies business has enhanced its offering for traditional mutual funds that are looking to employ alternative investments, including trading in shorts, options and futures as part of their overall strategy...
Euroclear Bank and Clearstream have developed a new industry framework to increase transparency and efficiency for the issuance and asset servicing of international securities in collaboration with the International Securities Market Advisory Group (
OCC figures show overall cleared volumes reached 338,562,433 contracts in April, representing a 7 percent decrease from April 2010. However, volume decline was primarily in options contracts as securities lending volumes continued to rise.....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made a minor amendment to ASIC Class Order [CO 09/774] Naked short selling relief for market makers ([CO 09/774]), which allows licensed market makers to short sell securities in the....