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European repo market grows to new high, says ICMA survey
30 November 2021 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The trade association reveals the baseline figure for the European market size at a record high of €8,726 billion, a 5.3 per cent rise from December 2020

FIA EPTA welcomes EC proposals on MiFIR and MiFID II reviews
29 November 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

European capital markets require threefold policy action based on building a true EU single market for financial instruments, improved data quality and transparency in European markets, and strengthened investor protection standards

FSB Asia group focuses on outsourcing risk
29 November 2021 Asia Pacific
Reporter: Bob Currie

Today’s meeting of the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Asia reflected on concentration risk arising from dependence on a small number of third-party service providers, along with macroeconomic imperatives linked to COVID-19

Point Nine partners with FIS
29 November 2021 Cyprus
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will aid the extension of Point Nine’s service to FIS’ customers, “ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and transparency”

Mark Snowdon leaves Northern Trust
26 November 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Snowdon joined Northern Trust in 2010 to lead business development efforts for the European region and manage securities finance client relationships

Wematch appoints Christine Lowe to head of client coverage
26 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Lowe joins the web-based matching and negotiating platform as a former equity finance trader at Deutsche Bank

Eurex expands FX offering to Scandinavian currencies
25 November 2021 Scandinavia
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The exchange has started trading seven new FX Futures on Scandinavian currencies, bringing its total of currency pairs to 19

FCA and BoE publish consultation on reporting requirements under UK EMIR
25 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The proposals aim to align the UK derivatives reporting framework with international guidance from CPMI-IOSCO to ensure a more globally consistent data set

EU legislators postpone implementation of CSDR mandatory buy-in provisions
25 November 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The European Commission has postponed the implementation of Central Securities Depositories Regulation mandatory buy-in provisions following months of speculation

Pirum and Comyno welcome go-live of post integrated trade service
24 November 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firms have partnered with DekaBank to bring clients a “turnkey solution” that can leverage connectivity with Pirum to manage post-trade lifecycle events in a fully straight-through processing manner

BNY Mellon publishes custody documentation on ISDA Create
24 November 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Having custody and regulatory IM documentation available on the ISDA Create platform will bring efficiencies to the negotiation process and help Phase 6 firms to meet the September 2022 compliance date, ISDA says

FSB publishes updated list of G-SIBs
23 November 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Thirty banks remain in the Financial Stability Board’s 2021 list of global systemically important banks, based on data from the end of the preceding fiscal year