The Brazilian central counterparty BM&FBovespa managed to complete more securities lending trades last year than in 2014 but suffered a drop-off in total revenue year-to-year.
Expectations for increased oil output following the lifting of Iran’s sanctions has put further pressure on oil prices and brought renewed vigor to short sellers targeting the beleaguered industry.
More than half of repo trades collateralised with US treasuries are overnight or open trades, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s survey...
SS&C GlobeOp’s Hedge Fund Performance Index reported that gross returns fell by 0.34 percent in December 2015, down from 0.21 percent in the previous month...
Clearstream’s global securities financing services scored a monthly average outstanding of €542.1 billion in December 2015, but the figure was down on the previous year...
The market sell-off in China has led to a spike in short-term repo rates but, in the long term, “fundamental reform” is required in order to turn the jurisdictions fortunes around...
New European regulations demanding greater transparency and more comprehensive reporting requirements for securities financing transactions will come into effect today...
Only one in five EU national regulators is fully compliant with the Short Selling Regulation, according to a peer review by the European Securities and Markets Authority...
