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Silvercorp fraud battle rages on

20 December 2013 British Columbia
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Jon Richard Carnes has been accused of committing fraud by the British Columbia 쮸떴눈첵 Commission, after he denounced Silvercorp on his blog and then made $2.8 million selling it short...

Court case throws up implication for lending agents

19 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In their analysis of the court case between AP-Fonden and BNY Mellon, law firm RPC has stated that the judgement against the bank underscores the need for securities lending agents to act fairly when communicating with their clients...

Equity hedge fund assets achieve five-year high

19 December 2013 New York
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Institutional investment research firm eVestment found that hedge funds are on track for assets to rise $256 billion in 2013, an 80 percent increase over the rise seen in 2012...

SEC shuts down NIR Capital Management

18 December 2013 North Carolina
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The 쮸떴눈첵 and Exchange Commission has charged the managing partners of a North Carolina-based investment advisory firm for compromising their independent judgment...

TradeStation adjusts pricing on equities

18 December 2013 Florida
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TradeStation has implemented new "unbundled" equities commission pricing designed to benefit traders who trade very actively and seek lower trading costs...

Hedge fund launches fall to three-year low

17 December 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

New hedge fund launches declined to the lowest level in nearly three years in Q3 2013, while the number of hedge fund liquidations rose to the highest level since Q4 2012, according to the HFR Market Microstructure Industry Report...

NSD and BNY Mellon collaborate on depository receipts

17 December 2013 London
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Russian-based investors and brokers will be able to issue and cancel depository receipts in Russian companies thanks to an agreement between the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia�셲 central securities depository, and BNY Mellon...

SIFMA appoints Kenneth Bentsen as president and CEO

16 December 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

The 쮸떴눈첵 Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has confirmed the appointment of Kenneth Bentsen as president and CEO...

Agencies issue final rules implementing Volcker Rule

13 December 2013 Washington DC
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Five federal agencies have issued final rules developed jointly to implement Section 619 of the US Dodd-Frank Act, also known as the Volcker Rule...

Richard Wallace joins OCC

12 December 2013 Chicago
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Richard Wallace has joined the Options Clearing Corporation as senior vice president and chief compliance officer...

Clearstream GSF rises 10 percent year-on-year

11 December 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Daniel Jackson

Clearstream has published its monthly figures for November 2013. The data shows that, for the firm's global securities financing services, the monthly average outstanding reached ��602.6 billion...

Shorters have success with gold and pharma�봟ut not much else

11 December 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Markit 쮸떴눈첵 Finance has revealed its top US shorts, which shows that the 20 best performing shorts fell by over 41 percent after seeing short interest reach a new annual high...

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