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SEC issues interpretive relief on Rule 15c3-3
31 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

In the new exemptive order, the SEC allows broker-dealers to pledge baskets of liquid equity securities as collateral when borrowing equity securities from customers under a ‘fully-paid borrow’

DTCC launches DTCC Digital Assets Solutions
31 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s new offering will be responsible for developing and driving DTCC’s strategy to tokenise DTC custodied assets

Deutsche Bank welcomes Echague
31 March 2026 UAE
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Rocio Echague brings over two decades of experience in securities services across multiple markets, most recently at HSBC Bank Middle East

Turkey extends short selling ban
31 March 2026 Turkey
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The CMB says the original ban was imposed on 15 March 2026 to ensure the functioning of capital markets in a reliable, transparent, and stable environment

ISDA selects Gentek AI to develop a transparency tool
31 March 2026 UK, Hong Kong
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The traceability tool will allow users to look back at the history of DRR decision-making and pinpoint when and why coding choices were made, providing a full audit trail of Digital Regulatory Reporting development

Broadridge joins ASIFMA
30 March 2026 Asia
Reporter: Hansa Tote

As a member of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Broadridge joins more than 150 other firms

FCA fines Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited
30 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The fine was imposed following the bank’s failure to put in place effective systems and controls to detect and report suspicious trading in its contracts for difference business

SASLA: Exploring South Africa’s first institutional rand stablecoin
30 March 2026 South Africa
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

At the South Africa Securities Lending Association conference in Cape Town, the creators of ZARU discuss the stablecoin's creation and the digital future of global markets

SASLA: ISLA advocates for South Africa
27 March 2026 South Africa
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Opening the South Africa Securities Lending and Collateral Management conference, ISLA CEO Ina Budh-Raja reviewed the global market and developments within South Africa

European repo market grows 9.8% since June
26 March 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The ICMA European Repo Market Survey measured and analysed the value of outstanding repo plus reverse repo on the books of 59 participants at close of business on 10 December 2025

Short selling returns to the UK
26 March 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Analysis of FCA data by White & Case shows that three UK-listed companies have net short positions of more than 10 per cent as of 23 March 2026, compared with none in 2025

Hostin departs State Street
25 March 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Patricia Hostin has left her position as global head of agency lending at the firm, following almost three years