Fed survey points to increased funding demand for equities <!-- no image --> <div>A rising share of big Wall Street firms surveyed by the Federal Reserve said there has been an increase in funding demand for equities, the U.S. central bank said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JnXNbdQq99g:kd5Jc-H6SjA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JnXNbdQq99g:kd5Jc-H6SjA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=JnXNbdQq99g:kd5Jc-H6SjA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JnXNbdQq99g:kd5Jc-H6SjA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=JnXNbdQq99g:kd5Jc-H6SjA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/JnXNbdQq99g" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters