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Switzerland is self-regulating its shorting

11 October 2013 Geneva
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Swiss stock exchange SIX has announced its intention, alongside Scoach Switzerland and Swiss regulator FINMA, to add to regulations concerning short selling...

Not enough in the tank to dampen fire sales

08 October 2013 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Regulatory mechanisms ��fall short�� as a comprehensive, market-wide approach to fire sales that can result from securities financing transactions, according to Federal Reserve governor Jeremy Stein...

EU legal council berates FTT as overreaching

13 September 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The Financial Transaction Tax as proposed will be levied not only on risky activities, but also on activities with genuine economic substance, said a document from the EU Council Legal Service...

ISLA offer triparty collateral help

12 September 2013 Paris
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The International 利卯郭肱 Lending Association (ISLA) have published a guide to using triparty collateral services under the ESMA guidelines for ETFs and other UCITS issues...

The Fed addresses reverse repo

30 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The US Federal Reserve has suggested establishing a fixed-rate, full-allotment overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility as an additional tool for managing money market interest rates...

Prime brokerage ��not an option�� for CLO financing

05 August 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

New risk retention rules will dramatically shrink the collateralised loan obligation market, and prime brokers will not help the situation, said The Loan Syndications and Trading Association in a letter to US regulators...

New report argues in favour of naked shorting

29 July 2013 Texas
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Accounting fundamentals are highly significant in explaining naked short sales, according to a recent study...

Bursa Malaysia to revitalise SBL and short selling

19 July 2013 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Kuala Lumpur��s stock exchange Bursa Malaysia will reportedly release new guidelines next week for both SBL and short selling...

European Parliament proposes alterations to the FTT

18 July 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European Parliament vote in favour of the financial transaction tax approved the commission��s proposal��subject to certain proposed amendments...

UK bans short selling in Portuguese bank shares

05 July 2013 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The shares of three Portuguese banks were banned from short selling in the UK on 4 July. The Financial Conduct Authority imposed the ban, which was in force between 8am and 11.59pm, because of the volatility of recent trading...

Greece may be back in the short selling game

01 July 2013 Athens
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

It has been reported that Greece's capital markets regulator will lift a short selling ban now that the country's major banks have been recapitalised...

IOSCO addresses impact of ETF regulation on lending

25 June 2012 Madrid
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Large ETF providers in some jurisdictions have substantially increased the disclosure to investors regarding the collateral held and the use of securities lending, as well as the management of counterparty risk, said IOSCO...

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