A "very broad agreement" in favour of an EU financial transaction tax emerged at the start of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee's work on the legislative proposal...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced that it has fined UBS Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï $12 million for violating RegSHO and failing to properly supervise short sales of securities...
Rules on securities lending are expected to be issued in December by management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in a bid to mature the capital market, according to media outlet This Day Live...
There is no indication that recent declines in the Hong Kong stock market have been caused by short selling activities, says capital markets regulator, the Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï and Futures Commission (SFC)...
Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï lending technology company Pirum has released new reporting to facilitate compliance with SEC rule 17A-13, which requires borrowers to regularly confirm their on-loan positions with their lenders.
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), has published the 2011 version of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA); the most widely used legal agreement for documenting transactions in the cross-border repo market.
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 Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï Market Advisory Group (
The Australian Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï 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....
Independent Study: An EU proposal for the public disclosure of the net short positions of individual managers risks distorting financial markets and is not effective
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has called for the implemented form of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to be flexible, proportionate and based on the principles of openness and transparency.