Market Insights

Market Analytics Podcasts eNews for Securities Finance
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Green beans (August 2011)

SunGard Astec Analytics’ Andrew Shinn examines the curious case of Coffee Holding Co. Source: Securities Lending Times.
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The short case of Star Scientific (July 2011)

Star Scientific has had an interesting few months. Source: Securities Lending Times.
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Skool Daze (June 2011)

The next big short could be for-profit education. Source: Securities Lending Times.
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Soft shell creep (May 2011)

Securities lending is feeling the impact when exchanges halt trading for Chinese RTOs. Source: Securities Lending Times.
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Playing the game (April 2011)

Short sellers must consider politics when it comes to European banks. Source: Securities Lending Times.
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Local default (March 2011)

State and local governments’ fiscal challenges lead to opportunities on both the short and long side. Source: Securities Lending Times.

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Short Selling Stands the Test of Time, but Now Faces Disclosure Debate - ISF Asia Pacific (March 2011)

Short selling has been around as long as there have been stock markets, and since the beginning, governments have tried to regulate the practice. Yet short selling's longevity is a testament to the benefits that short selling provides to stock markets. While many governments, including those in the US, UK and
Australia, banned short selling in 2008, the bans have been lifted.
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Transparency Survey Into the future - (February 2011)

In a search for the true meaning of transparency, Global Investor/isf has partnered with SunGard to create a survey of the market. The results were debated recently in a roundtable discussion in New York.

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SunGard Buyer Beware - (February 2011)

Andrew Shinn, vice president, sales and development at SunGard Astec Analytics, examines the challenging world of hard-to-borrow Chinese stocks.
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The Long and the Short Side of it - (January 2011)

Welcome to The Long & Short of It, the definitive guide to movements in the securities lending sphere during 2010. In producing this yearbook, Fundamentals has taken what it learned from the GSL Summit Series 2010, which toured in 12 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US, enabling us to meet a wide range of investors and regulators who have all had very different attitudes to securities lending.

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Positive outlook - (January 2011)

Andrew Shinn, vice president at SunGard Astec Analytics, says securities lending is primed to benefit from increased investments in hedge funds. Source: Securities Lending Times

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Be Prepared (January 2011)

Tim Smith, executive vice president of SunGard Securities Finance looks forward to securities lending in 2011 - Ready? Source: Fundamentals Magazine 
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Asian Markets Recognize the Merits of Securities Finance - ISF Asia Pacific (January 2011)

During the crisis of 2008-09, it seemed that regulators around the world coordinated their actions as they clamped down on short selling.

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