Billionaire investor George Soros recently took a large stake in Herbalife—the weight management and nutritional supplement firm—but short sellers aren’t buying into the rising share prices, say SunGard...
A “healthy majority” of large asset managers have embraced their securities lending programmes to generate both revenue and liquidity, but challenges remain, according to Finadium’s 2013 survey...
Over a year has passed since Professor John Kay published his report on equity markets—commissioned by the UK government—and the industry has still not changed, say critics...
OneChicago saw its equity futures volume rise in July, beating the previous year by 58 percent. Open interest stood at 611,092 contracts on the equity finance exchange at the end of July 2013, up 36 percent year-over-year...
The Bank of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have established a cross-border collateral arrangement that lets foreign banks in Singapore get their hands on local dollars by using Japanese government bonds as collateral...
A federal grand jury has charged SAC Capital, a US hedge fund, over alleged insider trading. Eight individuals have also been charged so far, with six pleading guilty, according to a New York district attorney...