September 14, 2009: S&P retains Finadium to advise on new index series
September 13, 2009: Securities lending is back but looks different
September 10, 2009: Securities Lending RFPs Need Risk Focus
September 9, 2009: Poll: Post-Crisis Safeguards Strenghten Industry
August 28, 2009: FBR Capital Markets Starts Prime Brokerage Business
August 20, 2009: Pension Funds Reconsider Securities Lending
August 20, 2009: Your Q&A: Should Funds Restart Securities Lending?
August 3, 2009: Fund Firms Seek Sunlight on Securities Lending
July 7, 2009: Hedge funds still high priority for traditional managers
July 6, 2009: Pension Joins Cross-Border Platform
July 5, 2009: BATS Taps Johnson for Expansion
June 24, 2009: The Great Thaw
June 15, 2009: Lenders scramble to rebuild confidence
June 12, 2009: 1 in 4 Managers Stop Securities Lending
June 12, 2009: Managers cutting back
May 9, 2009: ISLA Seeks Comment on CCP Service
May 5, 2009: Uptick Redux
April 8, 2009: Heavy lifing ahead (prime brokers in flux)
April 7, 2009: Penchant for Pensions
March 27, 2009: Regulatory Turf War Gains Steam
March 24, 2009: Exchanges propose modified uptick rule
February 11, 2009: 'Spooked' US schemes stop lending stock
February 9, 2009: Pension funds stung by securities lending mess
February 2, 2009: Stock-Loan Platforms Race to Offer CCPs
January 28, 2009: Institutions willing to lend securities drops
January 23, 2009: The Naked Truth: SEC Emergency Orders Revamp Short Sales, More Changes Fretted
December 10, 2008: Threshold Lists Shrink, But Stock Volatility Remains
November 17, 2008: Credit Market Woes Spark Interest in Securities Futures
October 24, 2008: Funneling the Chatter
October 20, 2008: Turbulence and Fear Shift Stock Lending Fundamentals
October 17, 2008: SEC Repeals Reg SHO Exemption
October 14, 2008: Emerging Markets Garner Long Term-Interest
September 26, 2008: Short-sale ban disrupts trades for hedge funds
September 26, 2008: SEC Mulls Extending Short-Sale Restrictions
September 24, 2008: Execs Call for Clearing Automation, Transparency
September 24, 2008: Harvey Pitt Dissects Financial Meltdown
September 22, 2008: OTC Derivatives, Stock Lending Expansion for LCH.Clearnet
September 19, 2008: SEC bashed over short-selling ban
September 17, 2008: SEC Repeals Options MM Short Exemption
September 16, 2008: Galper of Vodia on AIG and Fed Actions to Provide Brokerage Liquidity (Bloomberg TV)
September 8, 2008: Convergence of Trading Strategies Is Breaking Down Service Barriers
August 26, 2008: 130/30s struggle, but still outperform
August 18, 2008: CEOs Launch Web Site to Protect Short Sellers
August 18, 2008: Frontier Markets Up From Last Year
August 1, 2008: Short Selling Could Drive Equities to Options
July 30, 2008: SEC plans broader rules to tackle naked short selling
July 30, 2008: SEC Naked Short Sale Plans Could Transform Stock Loan Game
July 28, 2008: ESecLending Starts Up RIA to Support U.S. Mutual Funds
July 25, 2008: Traders Livid Over Short Selling Extension
July 18, 2008: Market makers may be exempt from new short rule
July 2, 2008: Goldman grabs prime brokerage business
June 27, 2008: AIG Poised to Absorb $5 Billion from Securities Lending
June 26, 2008: Your Q&A: Can 130/30 Work in Small-Cap?
June 25, 2008: Prime brokers face changing landscape (International Custody and Fund Administration)
June 25, 2008: Prime brokers ready for a transition
June 2, 2008: Sec Lending Sees Challenges, Opportunities in Credit Crunch
April 30, 2008: Through the Looking Glass
April 3, 2008: The Young Guns of Prime
April 2, 2008: Derivative Products Explode Globally
March 31, 2008: SEC Taking Aim at Naked-Shorting Brokerage Clients
March 24, 2008: New Sec-Lending Platform Aims to Give Beneficial Owners Bigger Piece of the Pie
March 20, 2008: Hedge funds leaving Bear may be cutting leverage
March 19, 2008: Hedge Fund Managers Wary of Primes
March 19, 2008: Out of the Dark Ages
March 18, 2008: Bear Acquisition Brings JPMorgan a Prime Broker for Hedge Funds
March 10, 2008: Market Sentiment Drives Fails
March 3, 2008: Selling short is the new frontier
February 20, 2008: Custodians stand to lose 130/30 revenue
February 6, 2008: Citadel Separates HF Unit
February 4, 2008: Citadel Splits Off Options Unit From Hedge Funds
January 30, 2008: Boosting Securities Lending at Quadriserv
January 15, 2008: Bank of America Will Cut 650 Investment Banking Jobs
January 14, 2008: FT Report – Fund Management: 130/30 Fanbase Grows as Investors Cut Managers Free
January 11, 2008: Four in five lenders' stock loan programmes unscathed by subprime
January 7, 2008: Patent Filed for Reference Data Utility: Risk-Mitigating Utopia, or False Hope?
January 2, 2008: Short Sellers Will Make Indian Market Stronger
December 17, 2007: U.K. Regulator Sets Agency Lending Disclosure Agenda
November 19, 2007: Bank of New York Mellon Servicing 130-30s; Pershing Subsidiary Reenters Prime Brokerage
November 7, 2007: Hedge funds and prime brokers: a rocky patch in a marriage of convenience
October 2, 2007: Galper of Vodia Says Nasdaq Gets Boston Clearing License (Bloomberg TV)
September 29, 2007: Stock Loans Are No Place for Secrecy
September 27, 2007: 130/30s: Turbocharging Returns?
September 25, 2007: Do Retail Investors Hold the Aces?
September 18, 2007: Options Could Lose Market Makers If SHO Exemption Is Dropped
August 7, 2007: Hedge fund poll: the world's best hedge fund managers
July 23, 2007: Guess Who's Coming Up Short
June 19, 2007: Insight on 130/30
June 11, 2007: Big Banks Get Boost From SEC, Permissible Leverage Increases Greatly (Bloomberg TV)
June 8, 2007: 130/30 Funds to Raise Cost of Borrowing Stock
June 4, 2007: New hedge fund rivals may lift borrowing costs
June 1, 2007: A New Kind of Short Squeeze
April 1, 2007: Naked Hunch
March 15, 2007: ICE Unsolicited Bid For CBOT (Bloomberg TV)
February 16, 2007: Bear Stearns Told to Pay $160 Million to Investors
January 2, 2007: Banks' Leases to Hedge Funds are Questioned
January 2, 2007: Bloomberg TV
September 18, 2006: Boom in short strategies spurs profitability fears
June 28, 2006: Bloomberg TV
June 28, 2006: Suits Focus on Street's Role In 'Naked Shorting'
March 22, 2006: Bloomberg TV
Press Releases
November 9, 2009:
Competition and Convergence: The Evolving Landscape for Hedge Funds (Pershing LLC and Finadium)
October 16, 2009:
Mutual fund boards and best practices in securities lending (published by Pensions and Investments)
September 14, 2009:
S&P Selects Finadium for Development and Advisory on Newly Launched Securities Lending Index Series
August 11, 2009:
"Resetting the Roadmap: Managing in a New Securities Lending Environment for Beneficial Asset Holders (Bank of New York and Finadium)"
June 24, 2009:
"Regulatory Analysis: Does the US Need a Third Tri-party Collateral Manager?"
May 8, 2009:
"A Primer on Collateral Management, Cash Enhancement Programs and Risk" (registration required)
April 13, 2009:
Comments on the SEC's short selling proposals - Spring 2009 edition
February 28, 2009:
"Short Sellers and Investor Protection," in FOCUS, the monthly magazine of the World Federation of Exchanges
September 23, 2008:
Vodia Group Rebrands as Finadium
September 23, 2008:
Finadium holds 3rd annual conference featuring Dr. Nouriel Roubini and Harvey Pitt
September 19, 2008:
Finadium, formerly Vodia Group, releases commentary on new SEC Short Sale Rules
September 15, 2008:
"The New Fed Borrowing: A Layman's Guide to Understanding Liquidity for Banks, Brokers and Hedge Funds" (registration required)
February 26, 2008:
Finadium Research Note: "Short First, Ask Questions Later. An Analysis of SEC Fail to Deliver Data"
January 24, 2008:
Finadium Research Note: "Institutional Investors, the Credit Crisis and Exchange Liquidity: Keeping the System Intact"
November 8, 2007:
"130/30 and Hedge Funds: The Fight for Alpha," presentation from Terrapinn Portable Alpha & 130/30 Strategies Conference, November 8, 2007
September 26, 2007:
Finadium, formerly Vodia Group, Sponsors "Securities Lending Conference 2007: Managing Supply and Demand" With Financial Markets World
September 17, 2007:
Finadium Research Note: "Impact of Reg SHO Options
Market Maker Exemption on Options Liquidity"
June 2, 2006:
Finadium Publishes New Analysis: "Selling it Short in Utah"
April 18, 2006:
Finadium Publishes New Research: "Lawsuits in Securities Lending Part 1: A Briefing on the Current Hedge Fund Legal Action Against the Major Prime Brokers"
April 13, 2007:
Finadium, formerly Vodia Group, Article in FINalternatives: "Hedge Funds Look To Profit From Securities Lending"
February 9, 2007:
Finadium, formerly Vodia Group, Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal, on Borrowing Shares and Shareholder Voting
January 11, 2007:
Finadium Publishes New Research: "Reg SHO and the New Short Squeeze"
September 18, 2006:
Finadium, formerly Vodia Group, Sponsors "Securities Lending Conference 2006: The Changing Business of Securities Lending" With Financial Markets World
April 18, 2006:
Our Client, Market Systems Inc., Acquired by Thomson Financial
February 15, 2006:
Finadium Publishes New Research: "Against the Duopoly: The New Economics for US Regional Stock Exchanges and Equity ECNs"
