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GPIF requests information on effects of securities lending suspension
04 April 2022 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

After suspending its securities lending programme in 2019, the Japan-based Government Pension Investment Fund registered a Request for Information on the effects of its decision and will consider conducting an analysis of the results

PRA chief executive issues “Dear CEO” letter highlighting cryptoasset risks
01 April 2022 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

Sam Woods, chief executive of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), has written to CEOs of banks and investment firms to remind them of their obligations under PRA rules regarding exposures to cryptoassets

EMIR and SFTR data quality ‘significantly enhanced’, says ESMA report
01 April 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Compared to the previous year, misreporting of valuations under EMIR fell by around 50 per cent across reporting firms subject to the review

FSB publishes its 2022 work programme
01 April 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Financial Stability Board's annual work agenda will focus particularly on fallout from the Ukraine conflict, cross-border payments, climate risk, digital innovation and resilience of non-bank financial intermediaries

Mediobanca launches agoraPlatform to support DLT-based certificate issuance
01 April 2022 Italy
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Developed in conjunction with UK-based agora Digital Capital Markets, the project will facilitate automated issuance and lifestyle management of investment certificates

BIS and FNA partner to create regulatory data platform
31 March 2022 Global
Reporter: Bob Currie

Nurtured under its Innovation Hub, BIS has partnered with FNA and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to deliver a regulatory data and analytics platform that will help central banks to evaluate the systemic impact of emerging credit risks

Barclays and BoA offices in Frankfurt searched for cum-ex evidence
31 March 2022 Germany
Reporter: SFT

German public prosecutor instructs further evidence gathering in Frankfurt offices as tax authorities step up efforts to recover cum-ex losses

SEC explores tighter investor protection around SPAC transactions
31 March 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

US securities regulator proposes changes to disclosure requirements, marketing practices and the role of gatekeepers and issuers to bring investor protection standards for SPAC and shell-company activities more into line with traditional IPOs

Pirum appoints Tom Alavanja
31 March 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Alavanja joins the firm as director of business development and will report to COO and head of Americas, Bob Zekraus

ISLA announces co-chairs for Vienna conference
31 March 2022 Austria
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Attendees will hear from eSecLending’s Jacqueline Waller and EuroClear’s Valentina Crovato, as co-chairs of ISLA’s 29th Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference

DTCC adds Capuzzi and Conway to board
30 March 2022 US
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

DTCC elected two new members to its board of directors during the annual shareholders meeting, William Capuzzi and Kelley Conway

deltaconX partners with Kaizen Reporting
30 March 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The collaboration will see deltaconX AG and Kaizen Reporting offer ReportShield suite of reporting quality assurance services globally