LiquidityBook expands offices and team 12 March 2019 Sydney Reporter: Maddie Saghir LiquidityBook has opened a new Sydney office amid rapid Asia-Pacific growth, and has hired a new Asia Pacific client services lead
S3: Alibaba largest but least profitable HK\China short 11 March 2019 Hong Kong Reporter: Maddie Saghir S3 analytics find that Alibaba is the largest and least profitable HK/China short, and short sellers severely underperformed the HK\China markets
HKEX signs licence agreement with MSCI 11 March 2019 Hong Kong Reporter: Maddie Saghir HKEX sign licence agreement with MSCI to launch MSCI China A Index Futures
Euroclear sees increase in net profit 11 March 2019 Brussels Reporter: Jenna Lomax Euroclear’s net profit was up 36 percent to €322 million, as of 31 December 2018
Â鶹´«Ã½ lending no longer ‘closed secret door’ 11 March 2019 Sydney Reporter: Maddie Saghir Discussing the borrower and lender relationship in securities lending, one panellist at PASLA said securities lending is no longer that closed secret door where everyone is trying to get one up on everyone else
KDPW reduces settlement fees 08 March 2019 Warsaw Reporter: Maddie Saghir Fees for the settlement of transitions in organised trading will be reduced, KDPW says
ESMA explains no-deal Brexit effect on OTC trade reporting 08 March 2019 Brussels Reporter: Maddie Saghir Anne Plested comments on ESMA's statement on OTC trade reporting suggest that a situation could occur leading to the problem of dual reporting
FINRA fines Cantor Fitzgerald over short selling 08 March 2019 Washington Reporter: Maddie Saghir FINRA fines Cantor Fitzgerald $2 million for regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures including violations over short selling regulation
PASLA: CCPs are a natural evolution of the industry 07 March 2019 Sydney Reporter: Maddie Saghir CCPs are a natural evolution of the industry, one panellist said at the PASLA/RMA conference in Sydney
PASLA: Fearless Girl campaign continues to grow 07 March 2019 Sydney Reporter: Maddie Saghir Fearless Girl campaign sees 301 boards add a female director, according to a panel at the PASLA/RMA conference
PASLA: Participants call for more liquidity in China 07 March 2019 Sydney Reporter: Maddie Saghir The industry would like to see more liquidity in China, according to an audience poll at the PASLA/RMA Conference on Asian Â鶹´«Ã½ Lending
AcadiaSoft to release IM Monitoring Service 07 March 2019 Boston Reporter: Jenna Lomax AcadiaSoft is to release an initial margin monitoring service to provide IM phase 4 and phase 5 firms with the ability to monitor their IM exposure