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Trump tackles covert Chinese military funding, causes securities lending confusion
13 January 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC and other US market infrastructures spent last week scrambling to decipher how president Donald Trump's executive order aimed at cutting-off funding to the Chinese army via trading in the US would affect the securities lending market

WFE defends exchanges from blame of COVID-19 related spikes in margin requirements
12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Procyclicality is a function of the ecosystem and needs to be examined holistically. CCPs exist to manage and mitigate risk and they understand their responsibility to the system. We call on other stakeholders to do the same,” comments WFE CEO

Eurex Repo reports 2020 volume boost
12 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Overall, the Deutsche Boerse-owned marketplace for secured funding and financing, saw term-adjusted volumes grow by 10 percent year-on-year, despite a drop-off in December

LCH clearing volumes skyrocket in 2020
12 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH delivered strong volumes throughout 2020 while launching new products and services amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Final phase of SFTR goes live
11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The final phase of the EU’s SFTR is now live, bringing in non-financial counterparties, while also widening UK-EU regulatory divergence post Brexit

ISLA lays out 2021 road map
11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The trade body has set its sights on an ambitious list of projects for the year ahead but the higher price tag for members risks acting as a barrier to entry for smaller market participants, according to some market observers

CFTC and ESMA sign second MOU on derivatives clearinghouse recognition
11 January 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The two market regulators last week signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cross-border supervision of US central counterparties licenced by ESMA under EMIR

Trades reported to EMIR TR triple, KDPW finds
11 January 2021 Poland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The trades reported to EMIR Trade Repository have nearly tripled year on year in 2020, rising from 56 million to 167 million

Saxo Bank appoints Nykredit Bank’s SFTR guru to lead its ESG projects
11 January 2021 Denmark
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Line Vesth has swapped Nykredit Bank for Saxo Bank to take on new regulatory projects including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the EU’s Benchmark Regulation

IHS Markit to acquire Cappitech
11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit is expanding its global regulatory reporting capabilities through the purchase of Cappitech in a deal aimed at providing a single unified platform for global transaction reporting

HQLA^x secures €14.4m from global banks
11 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HQLA^x has attracted new investment for its DLT-powered securities finance platform, from BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup

Euronext reports Q4 cash market trading volume surge
08 January 2021 Holland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Euronext reveals December and Q4 trading volumes, with strong cash market YoY growth