Canadian market participants met up at the CASLA Conference to discuss the effects of the eurozone crisis, trends in collateral, regulation and improvements in technology. Participants: Chair: Annabelle Palmer, Global Investor/ISF Charles Murray, Vice President, State Street Oberon Knapp, Senior Vice President, business development, eSecLending Nathalie Bockler, Managing Director and Head of Equity finance sales … Read more
ISF Canadian Roundtable Article added to CASLA Reference Library for member review
We are pleased to announce Reeve Serman as the newly elected president of CASLA
CASLA welcomes newly elected Board members.
The tax sub-committee has requested a technical interpretation from the Rulings Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) to confirm that Canadian witholding tax does not arise in respect of certain manufactured dividends/substitute payments (“Compensation Payments”) paid by a Canadian borrower to a non-resident lender under a securities lending arrangement.
CASLA partners with FinTuition on “Introduction to Securities Lending” course. Read the full press release
CASLA President Robert Chiuch speaks to Securities Lending Times about the association’s role, Canada’s strengths and teh uncertainty over forthcoming regulation. Read the full publication
Joint submission from ISLA, LIBA, PASLA, RMA and SIFMA in response to the IOSCO consultation paper on the regulation of short selling, which was sent on 1 May 2009, courtesy of ISLA (PDF format).
Hong Kong SFC Research confirms benefits of short selling (PDF format).
Today, CIBC Mellon, Northern Trust, RBC Investor Services and State Street Corporation announced the formation of the Canadian Securities Lending Association (CASLA) to advocate on behalf of all securities lending market participants in Canada. Read the full press release
