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I don't know whether I should be embarrassed to confess that it wasn't until 2019 that I knew what a Special Purpose Acquisition Company is
Roy Zimmerhansl
Dec 15, 20205 min read
Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 10 First look back!
The t0th episode of (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions, I look back at some stocks from previous blogs & what's happened since.
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Dec 8, 20205 min read
The Death of Short Selling - Should Securities Lenders be Worried?
On top of everything else this year, I’ve seen a series of stories presaging the demise of short selling. Not great for securities lenders.
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Webinar: Introduction to Pierpoint
On Tuesday, 24 November, 3 pm GMT, we will be hosting a webinar to introduce the team at Pierpoint. Register at https://bit.ly/PFCIntro
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Nov 3, 20203 min read
Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 8 GSX Techedu Inc.
The Chinese online education company called GSX Techedu, reason for this choice is that WSJ dubbed this as one of this year's worst shorts
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Oct 20, 20204 min read
Hot trades – (In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 7 GameStop Corp
(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions, we comment on stocks (Gamestop) that are in ’play‘ in the securities finance world.
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Sep 22, 20204 min read
(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Episode 5: Nikola Corporation
This episode delves deeper into a recent IPO on the NASDAQ, the zero-emission vehicle company Nikola Corporation.
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Sep 8, 20204 min read
(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 4: Carillion Plc
one of the most significant default situations in the United Kingdom: Carillion Plc. What happened? Who was to blame?
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Aug 25, 20206 min read
On the Ethical Implications of Short Selling
the allegations levied at Wirecard were accurate, and it is the German federal financial authority, rather than the Financial Times
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Aug 18, 20204 min read
(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions - Part 3: Citigroup
Now the focus is on one of the biggest revenue generators in securities lending for a long time if not ever: Citigroup
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Roy Zimmerhansl
Aug 4, 20206 min read
(In)Famous Securities Lending Transactions. Episode 2: Volkswagen - Porsche
Amongst all this, the mother of all short squeezes occurred in Germany – Volkswagen preference shares, but before I give you the details of
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