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SFTS: Repo market is crucially important and prone to vulnerabilities
24 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Repo is the cornerstone of the financial system, a market which has become essential for liquidity and collateral management — “if the repo market does not work, none of it works,” said ICMA senior director Andy Hill

DLT is not a solution for every problem, SFT Technology Symposium panellists warn
24 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Banks must find valid DLT use cases that work for them, said panellists during the ‘Digital Assets in Securities Finance’ panel

SFTS: UMR Phase 6 is not an ‘endpoint’ as firms are set to onboard late
24 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Phase 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules is expected to continue for a “long period of time” as approximately 900 firms are in the monitoring phase and are not “fully engaged” in UMR

Eurex launches new futures referencing €STR
23 November 2022 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The switch from the former short-term rate EONIA to €STR is part of a broader IBOR reform

DBS becomes first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase via blockchain network
23 November 2022 Asia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DBS has become the first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase transaction on J.P. Morgan’s intraday repurchase application via Onyx Digital Assets

“Nothing moves that quickly” when it comes to regulation, SFT Technology Symposium panelist says
23 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Lucy Carter

During the ‘Regulation’ panel, speakers discussed the current state of regulation in the industry, including the relationships between regulators and the market, what clients are looking for and what might lie ahead

ISDA launches full open-source version of DRR model
22 November 2022 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ISDA members and non-members will have access to the DRR model to support compliance with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s amended swap data reporting rules

BNY Mellon adds Zheng Quan Luah to its client services team
22 November 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has appointed Zheng Quan Luah as an associate to its client services — clearance and collateral management team

ISLA releases report on proposed GMSLA changes
22 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The International Securities Lending Association has published a paper investigating the changes that will need to be made to the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement to allow for market engagement with digital assets

DTCC releases Report Hub’s assisted reporting model
21 November 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The model aims to allow sell-side firms, including clearing brokers and prime brokers, to provide the required counterparty trade data to their buy-side clients which also utilise Report Hub

LCH appoints Mernagh
21 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

James Mernagh will join LCH as director of RepoClear specialist sales

FSB publishes unchanged list of 30 global systemically important banks
21 November 2022 Basel
Reporter: Bob Currie

This G-SIB classification is based on bank data for the end of 2021 and, for the first time, applies a revised assessment methodology published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2018