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Short selling regulation needs some fine-tuning

05 June 2013 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The EU’s new short selling regulation has had a positive effect on market transparency and reducing the risk of settlement failure in Europe, but adjustments do need to be made, the European Securities and Markets Authority has found...

Clearstream sidesteps GMRA with new repo agreement

31 May 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream has designed a new legal master agreement for triparty repo transactions, with the aim of bypassing tedious individual agreements...

Another attempted boost for India's SLB market

31 May 2013 Mumbai
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Indian regulator SEBI announced that it will increase the number of stocks allowed to be borrowed and lent, in efforts to ramp up the securities lending market in the country...

The FTT: Perverse and unacceptable

30 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A recent paper has warned that current EU proposals for a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) will drive business away from London and to New York...

CJEU names a date for UK short selling challenge

17 May 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A UK challenge to the extended authority of the European Securities and Markets Authority under the EU Regulation on Short Selling will be heard in the Court of Justice of the EU on 11 June...

ICMA European Repo Council: “FTT will be disruptive”

07 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A paper from the ICMA’s European Repo Council explains the importance of collateral whilst highlighting how the proposed Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) would impact its movement...

Greece extends short selling ban yet again

01 May 2013 Athens
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Greece's capital markets regulator has decided to extend its ban on short selling until the end of July, stating that the decision was due to the country’s recapitalisation plan...

Basel III beckons for securities finance

25 April 2013 Concord
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

A new report from Finadium reviews the effects of Basel III on securities finance and looks at how banks are addressing funding considerations...

China opens up short selling for select brokerages

28 February 2013 Shanghai
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

China is expanding its short selling programme to allow brokerages to borrow shares from institutional investors, according to reports...

Italy bans short selling in bank shares after indecisive election

27 February 2013 Milan
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Italy’s financial markets regulator banned short selling of shares in major Italian banks after an election result caused shares in them to drop sharply...

CACEIS to help UCTIS fund managers with ESMA compliance

25 February 2013 Paris
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

CACEIS has honed its collateral management services for UCITS fund managers in the wake of ESMA's consolidated guidelines on exchange-traded funds and other UCITS issues and repo and reverse repo agreements...

Hong Kong exchange adds and removes short sale securities

22 February 2013 Hong Kong
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Almost 30 securities will be added and six existing securities will be removed from the list of designated securities for short selling in Hong Kong...

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