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CalPERS appoints Chief Risk Officer
02 March 2011 Sacramento
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The California Public Employees�� Retirement System recently announced the appointment of CalPERS executive Larry Jensen as Chief Risk Officer, a new position created to improve the pension fund��s overall risk management program.

OCC volume increases 35 per cent
01 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Total OCC cleared volume in February reached 357,275,834 contracts. This represents a 35 per cent increase over the February 2010 volume of 264,435,951 contracts...

Eurex continues to grow
01 March 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Average daily volume of 10.3 million contracts at Eurex Group in February Eurex Repo continues to grow in all markets...

EuroCCP to Clear Trades for the Spanish MTF, PAVE
01 March 2011 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

EuroCCP, the pan-European cash equities clearing house, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PAVE, (Plataforma Alternativa de Valores Espa単oles), Spain��s first multilateral trading facility (MTF), to become the clearing house for PA

Northern Trust rolls out enhanced Passport
01 March 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Northern Trust has announced that it has deployed a new version of its multi-faceted web portal, Passport速, enhanced to address the specialized needs of institutional investors to quickly access and effectively analyze their investment information.

NBAD to launch Shariah repos
28 February 2011 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has announced that it is to launch an Islamic repo product within the next fortnight...

Canada to relax short selling rules
28 February 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organisation of Canada (IIROC) has announced plans to remove restrictions on short selling in falling markets...

Options Clearing Corporation appoint Callahan
25 February 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has announced the appointment of Thomas Callahan, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Liffe U.S., the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, to its Board of Directors.

ISLA seeks topics for conference
24 February 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The organisers of the forthcoming ISLA/AFME International 利卯郭肱 Lending Conference in Portugal in June are soliciting industry views for topics to be discussed during round table sessions...

Northern Trust to acquire BOISS
24 February 2011 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has reached an agreement to acquire the fund administration, investment operations outsourcing and custody business of the Bank of Ireland Group, Bank of Ireland 利卯郭肱 Services (BOISS)...

Viking Global sues Porsche
23 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Viking Global Investors is suing Porsche over short selling losses the company incurred during the takeover of Volkswagen...

Tree Top under fire from short sellers
23 February 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The common stock of Tree Top Industries experienced another rash of naked short selling, verified according to FINRA...