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Bank of England to launch post trade task force
09 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The task force will be led by the post trade technology market practitioner panel bringing together a group of 15 experienced, senior decision-makers

COVID-19: Canada scales back emergency operations as markets improve
08 June 2020 Toronto
Reporter: Natalie Turner

As the financial environment improves, the Bank of Canada is scaling back some of its market operations; overnight repo rates hold firm

Wematch expands coverage team on Delta One products
08 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Deutsche Bank equity derivates trader joins the Wematch Delta One coverage team

EMIR Refit: Final report on FRANDT clearing published
05 June 2020 Paris
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA’s technical advice details how to specify the conditions under which the commercial terms for the provision of clearing services for OTC derivatives are to be considered compliant with FRANDT

ECB bolsters and extends pandemic QE programme
05 May 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

“The increase was somewhat larger than expected and follows recent moves by Germany and the EU more generally to step up their fiscal stimulus,” explains Rupert Thompson, CIO at Kingswood

The Small Exchange secures $4 million investment to expand its offering
04 June 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new exchange provides futures products and will offer options to global brokerage firms

ESG: Major UK beneficial owner publishes sector-exclusion list
03 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

One of the UK’s largest pension schemes and long-term securities lender USS has for the first time committed to excluding investment and divesting in sectors it deems “financially unsuitable”

The Singapore Exchange to launch new single stock futures
03 June 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The new derivatives are will launch on 15 June and come in response to growing client demand for a broader suite of Singapore-linked equities products

EU rejects associations’ request for 12-month SRD II delay
02 June 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Nykredit's Line Vesth, a senior regulatory specialist, tells SLT that among industry participants, the European Commission was not expected to allow the 12-month delay

OCC welcomes new exchange, publishes May SBL data
02 June 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Options Clearing Corporation welcomes new exchange participant and reveals latest monthly data

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approves UMR delay
02 June 2020 Washington D.C.
Reporter: Drew Nicol

US derivatives market gains 12-month reprieve for initial margin requirements for uncleared swaps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

AcadiaSoft to host UMR phase five soft launch
01 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AcadiaSoft has launched a new programme to enable firms in-scope for UMR phase five to stay on track for the new 2021 deadline