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Steinberg departs J.P. Morgan
28 August 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Agency securities lending relationship manager and vice president Rene Steinberg departs J.P. Morgan

Northern Trust hires securities lending veteran
28 August 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Northern Trust hires former JP Morgan vice president Claire Davis as a specialist product manager

ESMA further postpones implementation of CSDR SDR until 2022
28 August 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has published a final report on draft RTS to postpone the implementation of the CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022

Cappitech facilitates the first data porting for CME clients to REGIS-TR
27 August 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

CME will cease to offer TR services under EMIR as of November and its clients are scrambling to secure a new home for their data

South Korea short selling ban extended to 2021
27 August 2020 Seoul
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial Services Commission cited concerns over fresh market volatility caused by a second wave of COVID-19 infections and plans to ratchet up penalties on illegal short selling activities

SIX reports favourable H1 2020 figures
27 August 2020 Zurich
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SIX has reported a total operating income of CHF 624.1 million ($686.2 million) for H1 2020, marking a year-on-year 7.6 percent increase despite global market turmoil and volatility

Thailand's SEC to relax repo rules
26 August 2020 Thailand
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Thailand SEC to allow repo and reverse repo trades by retail investors

Vietnam mulls legalising short selling
26 August 2020 Hanoi
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The country’s stock exchange will decide which securities are eligible to be shorted for the first time

ISLA: Securities lending industry was stable and resilient in H1
25 August 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The securities lending industry showed itself to be stable and resilient in the face of extreme trading conditions in H1, says the International Securities Lending Association

Ex-Morgan Stanley securities lending head joins Arcane Crypto
24 August 2020 Oslo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Morgan Stanley’s former European head of securities lending flow trading Eva Lawrence has become COO of Arcane Crypto

Ditte Signe Larsen leaves Nordea
24 August 2020 Copenhagen
Reporter: Natalie Turner

After more than two decades with Nordea, Ditte Signe Larsen has been appointed by Forca as its newest business analyst specialising in collateral

ISLA releases SRD II guide
21 August 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA in partnership with Clifford Chance has published a series of letters aimed at guiding triparty collateral managers and agent lenders through SRD II