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  • Thousands of US stocks are being traded on a little-known Berlin exchange, without the knowledge of many of the companies involved. Have the naked short sellers exported their practice overseas?
  • The SEC has amended legislation in a belated effort to clamp down on naked short selling. But it remains under pressure from a lobby group that ranges from senators to lawyers, and management to shareholders, who believe the new rules are having little effect.
  • HBOS FD Mark Tucker has replaced Jonathan Bloomer as CEO of UK insurance firm Prudential.
  • The crisis of corporate pensions fund deficits was a hot news topic of last year, but a Towers Perrin analysis has found that a year-end rally in the equity markets actually led to an increase in the funded status of benchmark pension plans in most major retirement markets around the world in the fourth quarter.
  • Philippines conglomerate SM Investments has floated on the Manila Stock Exchange, selling 115 million shares for Ps28.75 billion (US$528 million) in what is the largest ever offering on the local exchange and the biggest in Asia so far this year.
  • Technology M&A increases by 23% and further mid-market deal flow is anticipated throughout 2005
  • Half of people working in the UK's finance sector are looking to change jobs, according to new research released today by recruitment company Robert Half. The research indicates finance staff can no longer cope with increased workloads, longer working hours and stress as employers fail to address the issue of understaffing. The nationwide survey of over 2,000 finance professionals found that 51% of respondents are looking for a new job.
  • UK pub retailer Greene King has closed an innovative securitisation that allows it unprecedented operational flexibility while reducing its funding costs.
  • Martin Ackroyd has decided to step down from the as finance director of supermarket chain Morrison's. He has agreed to continue to oversee the finance function until his successor joins the company.
  • Full-time hiring in accounting and finance in the US is expected to see a modest uptick in the second quarter, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. CFOs surveyed anticipate a net 6% increase in hiring activity, up one point from the first-quarter projection and equal to forecasts made this time last year. 8% of CFOs plan to add staff in the coming quarter, and 2% foresee personnel reductions.
  • Fallen angels were nearly twice as likely to default compared with peers that are rated speculative-grade at inception (referred to as original high yield; OHY), according to a study published by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
  • Public companies have had to dig even deeper than previously estimated to pay the costs of complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International (FEI).