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LCH SwapClear extending operating hours to support APAC market
01 October 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH, the London Stock Exchange Group’s global clearing house, is to extend the traditional operating hours of its SwapClear service to 24 hours a day, five days a week from March 2022

ISDA’s O'Malia: Nascent digital market needs ‘firm foundations’ to build crypto derivatives standards
01 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

O'Malia made the comment in ISDA’s publication, derivatiViews, in which he also detailed the purpose of the association’s new digital asset legal and documentation working group

SEC proposals to increase transparency in proxy voting for investment managers
30 September 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The proposals will alter how managers report their votes to investors and will make amendments to Form N-PX to enhance transparency

Jason Nabi joins Arqit
30 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Arqit Quantum hires former BNP Paribas CEO and HSBC managing director Jason Nabi, as managing director of financial services

Uganda moves towards enforceability of close-out netting
30 September 2021 Uganda
Reporter: Bob Currie

Regulatory changes bring greater clarity to netting of derivatives, securities lending and repo positions for financial institutions subject to insolvency proceedings or acquisition

CFTC fines Societe Generale for swaps reporting and mark-to-market failures
30 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Societe Generale is hit with a US$1.5m fine for inaccurate reporting of swap valuation data and for providing inaccurate daily marks, following fines imposed on Refinitiv and Citi for reporting and oversight failures

BNY Mellon extends LiquidityDirect platform for MMF and sponsored cleared repo
29 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The new release adds commercial paper, short-duration fixed income ETFs and a range of pre-trade ESG tools to LiquidDirect platform

BoE Sec Lending Committee reflects on SFTR data, ESG and tokenisation
29 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The fallout from Brexit, diversity and inclusion and sustainable stock lending all featured in discussion at the quarterly Securities Lending Committee at the Bank of England, where lending experts exchange views on the state of market

ICMA analysis of SFTR reporting reveals issues with data on collateral
29 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

ICMA publishes analysis of the key market features and trends in the European repo market including remaining issues with the quality of SFTR public data

Refinitiv SEF fined US$650,000 by CFTC for swap reporting failures
29 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

US derivatives regulator penalises Refinitiv US SEF LLC for data reporting violations connected with at least 320,000 swap trades, following self-reporting of systems failures

Mark Husler leaves UnaVista for property management role
29 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Mark Husler, managing director and CEO of UnaVista, has stepped down from his role to become managing director of property development company, NovaVita

Aviva Investors appoints new head of credit
29 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Caroline Hedges, global head of liquidity and securities finance for Aviva Investors, is promoted as head of credit for the firm