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OCC stock loan program up in 2011


04 January 2012 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

OCC's total cleared contract volume in 2011 reached 4.6 billion contracts, a 17 percent increase over the 2010 volume, marking the ninth consecutive year of record volume for the clearer...
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Eurex Group reports 2011 trading volumes


03 January 2011 Frankfurt
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Total trading volume at Eurex Group in 2011 was at 2.8 billion contracts in 2011 with average daily volume of 11.1 million contracts, an increase of 7 per cent over last year...
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Norwegian banks fined for short selling violations


02 January 2012 Oslo
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Norway's economic crime prosecutor has fined four finance companies NOK400,000 (€51,586) for allowing shares to be sold short before they were eligible for trading...
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Bio-med firm takes on short sellers


02 January 2012 Los Angeles
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Ampio pharmaceuticals believes that increased volatility and volume in its common stock was a result of factually inaccurate and purposely misleading information being published on the internet...
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Ireland's central bank lifts ban on short selling


02 January 2012 Dublin
Reporter: Anna Reitman

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the end of the ban on short selling of certain financial instruments, which has been in place since September 2008...
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More securities lending info required - Fed


30 December 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

More data is required to monitor repo and securities lending markets to inform policy makers and researchers about firm-level and systemic risk, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
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Options trader pays $2mn for illegal short selling


29 December 2011 Chicago
Reporter: Anna Reitman

An options trader in the Chicago area agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle SEC charges alleging he violated the "locate" and "close out" requirements of RegSHO...
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NYSE reports December drop in short interest


29 December 2011 New York
Reporter: Anna Reitman

NYSE Group reported short interest as of mid-December fell to 13.5 billion shares, which represents about 3.5 per cent of total shares outstanding...
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Russia's CSD launches securities lending


29 December 2011 Moscow
Reporter: Anna Reitman

Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD) concluded its first transaction as a securities lending agent between a brokerage firm and bank...
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FINRA fines Credit Suisse $1.75mn


28 December 2011 Washington
Reporter: Anna Reitman

FINRA has announced that it has fined Credit Suisse $1.75 million for violating RegSHO and failing to properly supervise short sales of securities and marking of sale orders. ...
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Penson to close UK arm


21 December 2011 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Penson Worldwide has announced plans to close its UK operation over the next few months, and to sell certain of the operation’s assets to third parties...