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LSF appoints Frediani to head development in Europe
07 March 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Gabriele Frediani will focus on developing partnerships with European institutions such as CSDs and ICSDs, triparty agents, trading platforms and central banks

BBH updates data platform with Infomediary Data Solutions
07 March 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Infomediary Data Solutions combines BBH’s data management platform and asset servicing expertise to create customised solutions for its clients

PASLA: SFTR 2.0 coming to Europe with regulatory updates
07 March 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

SFTR 2.0 is likely to be rolled out when there is a new mandate from the European Commission in 2025 and could incorporate a tax element, following tax abuse scandals across Europe

BCBS proposes action on “window dressing” in G-SIB reporting
07 March 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Basel Committee considers requiring banks falling into scope of the Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) framework to report G-SIB indicators based on average values over the reporting year, rather than by using year-end values

Buy-side associations file opening brief challenging SEC rules
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

AIMA, the MFA and NAPFM argue through their legal action that the SEC’s "defective rulemaking process" produced flawed, inconsistent rules relating to short selling and short position reporting that will harm investors and the markets

Women in Securities Finance appoints Fleming as Chicago chapter lead
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Erika Fleming will join Lori Paris as Chicago lead as the branch transitions into a virtual chapter

Basel III capital ratios “largely stable” for largest global banks, BIS finds
06 March 2024 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

The Bank of International Settlements reports that after-tax profits for largest internationally active banks had grown to a record €279 billion at end of H1 2023, while LCR coverage has improved to 137 per cent for G-SIBs

FCA highlights AML failings in “Dear CEO” letter
06 March 2024 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The UK financial conduct regulator has written to company heads outlining weaknesses in their controls to prevent financial crime and instructing that they must take necessary steps to address these shortcomings

Regelman to leave BNY Mellon
06 March 2024 US
Reporter: Jack McRae

Regelman leaves his role as the bank’s global head of securities services and digital in order to pursue new career opportunities

Khemdoudi departs S&P Global
05 March 2024 UK
Reporter: SFT

He has served as SVP for network and regulatory solutions in S&P Global’s London office since March 2022, working within a team that has built a global regulatory reporting solution that now supports more than 500 firms worldwide

Tradeweb reports 33.8% increase YoY in repo ADV for February
05 March 2024 Europe, US
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Repo average daily volume (ADV) traded on the Tradeweb platform climbed 33.8 per cent year-on-year to US$550.3 billion for February

Eurex Repo average daily volume rises 7% YoY for February
05 March 2024 Europe
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Trading volumes on Eurex Repo, the electronic market for secured financing, have increased by 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to €346.8 billion for February