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China may become one of the biggest securities lending markets, says PASLA
10 February 2021 China
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA and major custodians predict China will see radical growth in its securities finance markets once international investors get comfortable on the mainland

Cum-ex suspect put on Interpol 'most wanted' list
09 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Europol and Interpol today issued red notices for former-HypoVereinsbank employee Paul Mora in a bid to force him to face tax fraud charges in Germany

DNB to leverage Trading Apps securities finance solution
09 February 2021 Norwary
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norway’s largest financial services group DNB has signed on to use Trading Apps' full front-end software to enhance its securities finance capabilities

Clearstream and Eurex target enhanced repo netting capabilities
08 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Deutsche Boerse subsidiaries aim to tackle the “substantial balance sheet consumption from repo trading” that continues to constrain banks and broker-dealers and limits their ability to provide liquidity

ESAs submit final report and draft RTS on disclosures under SFDR
08 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Steven Maijoor, chair of the ESAs joint committee, says the significant set of rules issued provide a strong basis to improve ESG reporting and combat greenwashing

South Korea to introduce securities lending to retail market
05 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Once short selling partially resumes in May retail investors can gain a qualification to enable them to directly borrow securities and short sell

US SEC requests comment on MMF reform options
05 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The SEC has requested industry comment on potential reforms to improve the resilience of money market funds in the wake of the 2020 COVID-disruption

Korea exchange launches task force in pursue illegal short selling crackdown
05 February 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The “special team” will be formed this month and aims to strengthen oversight of short sellers, while market makers also face a host of new stringent trading restrictions

Eurex Repo reports both GC Pooling and Repo markets volumes are down
05 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Eurex Repo has recorded that volumes are down in January for both the GC Pooling and Repo markets

GameStop was January’s biggest earner, global revenue starts strong
04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

According to IHS Markit, January was most revenue generating month for US equity finance on record, with $41 million of the $453 million total coming from GameStop’s short squeeze

MarketAxess reveals increase in the monthly trading volume for January 2020
04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for January 2021 totalled $575.3 billion, which consisted of $236.5 billion in credit volume and $338.8 billion in rates volume

AcadiaSoft acquires Quaternion to bolster risk management capabilities
04 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Quaternion division of AcadiaSoft will be led by its co-founders CEO Donal Gallagher, and chief technology officer Roland Lichters