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ESMA goes live with DLT pilot
23 March 2023 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The pilot builds on the existing MiFIR regulation to include tokenised financial instruments. This aims to bring pre- and post-trade transparency and market abuse monitoring to DLT-based securities

Global PSSL welcomes Grego as advisor
22 March 2023 US
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Gabriel Grego, founder and managing partner of Quintessential Capital, will act as an advisor on long and short investments for the Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending organisation

EU supervisors confirm ranking in resolution waterfall following Credit Suisse takeover
21 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The EU Single Resolution Board (SRB) has issued a statement confirming that holders of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) instruments should rank ahead of holders of common equity in case of resolution or insolvency of a banking institution in the Banking Union

Central banks take action to enhance US dollar repo operations
20 March 2023 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Bank of England will increase the frequency of seven-day maturity US dollar repo operations from weekly to daily, commencing on Monday 20 March 2023, as markets react to Credit Suisse troubles

UBS set to take over Credit Suisse in “emergency rescue”
20 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The mandate was signed without approval of shareholders, under emergency orders issued by the Swiss Federal Council, yesterday (Sunday 19 March)

European Repo Survey reveals new record high for outstanding repo value
17 March 2023 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The total value outstanding of repos and reverse repos on the books of 61 institutions that took part in the survey hits a record high of €10,374.2 billion, a 12.8 per cent rise YoY and 7.2 per cent rise from the June 2022 survey

PASLA backs Korea Exchange CEO’s stance on short selling
17 March 2023 Korea
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Removing short-selling restrictions will boost liquidity and improve price discovery, according to a PASLA representative

Clearstream’s GSF business falls 4% YoY in volume outstanding for February
16 March 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Clearstream’s Global Securities Financing business contracted 4 per cent YoY to €550.6 billion in volume outstanding during February, according to its monthly figures

Torstone selects Farrell as head of North America
16 March 2023 Canada
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Sam Farrell will have oversight of all US and Canadian operations for Torstone and will continue to expand the firm’s footprint in North America

ICMA introduces bond data taxonomy
14 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

The International Capital Markets Association has released a bond data taxonomy (BDT) that provides a common, standardised language to facilitate STP across the bond transaction lifecycle and reduce inconsistent use of data in securities issuance

‘Keep your LEIs close, but keep your IRC closer’, says PASLA panellist
14 March 2023 Asia-Pacific
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

As the Korean market strives to attain Developed Market status from MSCI, recent government announcements are expected to bring a level of improvement in liquidity and settlement within Korea, according to a PASLA panel

ISLA releases new GMSLA templates
14 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Accompanying the 2000, 2010 and 2018 versions of the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement, ISLA indicates that the templates will provide a point of reference for parties that have not otherwise developed their own